Tropical Storm Danny formed in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Bahamas on Wednesday and set a course that could take it near the northeastern US states as a hurricane by the weekend.
The fourth tropical storm of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season posed no foreseeable threat to the Gulf of Mexico oil wells and on its most likely track was expected to stay well out to sea for the next few days, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
Danny's first approach to land is likely to come early tomorrow, when it would be off the vulnerable coastal islands of North Carolina. By tomorrow afternoon it was expected to be nearing the coast around Cape Cod, Massachusetts, as a Category 1 hurricane. Canada's Atlantic provinces, drenched at the weekend by Hurricane Bill, look to be a target again.
Danny's expected track will take it farther to the west than Bill, putting New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador all in the danger zone.
Bill, which killed two US people,passed close to eastern Canada's oil,natural gas and refinery operations but did not cause major damage.
Tropical storms and hurricanes are tracked by energy traders concerned about disruption.
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