Nightly News   |  August 30, 2011

Tropical storm Katia forms in the Atlantic

Meteorologists expect tropical storm Katia will be declared a hurricane by Wednesday. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>> forgive us for doing this, after all we've been through, but we need to introduce you to katia. it's a long way away, closer to africa than the u.s. but the meteorologists at the weather channel has identified it as the next formidable storm. us a tropical storm tonight but expect it to be declared a hurricane by wednesday. a chance it could turn into a major hurricane . we've reached kay in the alphabet of storm names this hurricane season . katia will replace katrina as they retire the names of the more memorable storms. and