Severe weather over the Dominican Republic has strengthened into a tropical storm which is heading towards Cuba, US weather forecasters said.

At 2100GMT on Friday Tropical Storm Fay was about 55km (35 miles) east of the Dominican Republic's capital, with winds of 65km/h (40mph).

It is expected to travel across Haiti on Saturday, before veering north and hitting eastern Cuba later in the day.

Fay is the sixth tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season.

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US weather forecasters said Fay was not expected to strengthen, but said that torrential rainfall of 12in (30.5cm) could be expected.

(BBC)

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