(Reuters) -Tropical Storm Erin is moving quickly westward and is forecast to become a hurricane later this week in the Central Tropical Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.

The storm is located about 2,020 miles (3,255 km) east of the Northern Leeward Islands, packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kmh).

(Reporting by Sherin Elizabeth Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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