Tropical Storm 17P forms in South Pacific
Monday, February 22, 2010 - 17:49
in Earth & Climate
On February 21, the seventeenth tropical depression formed in the South Pacific Ocean. Today, February 22, the storm has strengthened into Tropical Storm 17P (TS 17P) with maximum sustained winds near 39 mph, and it was about 740 miles east-northeast of Pago Pago.