Nightly News   |  September 05, 2012

Leslie becomes sixth hurricane of season

Tropical Storm Leslie gained steam over the Atlantic Ocean and was upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane — the sixth Atlantic hurricane of the season — the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> a new hurricane as of today, number six of the season already. leslie has been upgraded to hurricane status. sustained winds of 75 miles an hour. the storm is still pretty far out there to sea but expected to pass fairly close to bermuda by saturday or sunday of this