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By Saturday evening, Camille's forward speed had increased to about 12 mph near the center, and hurricane winds extended 50 miles in all directions (USACE 1970). On Sunday, August 17, Camille was located 250 miles south of Mobile, Alabama.
Late August storms form over a broad area of the eastern Atlantic and extend to the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa. The period from August 20 through September 15 shows a maximum of Cape Verde storms with peak frequency of Atlantic basin hurricanes on September 10. Most Cape Verde storms cross the Atlantic and turn northward then northeastward towards northern Europe before dissipating.