Tropical Storm Emily closed in on the Windward Islands of the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday, prompting storm warnings from Barbados to the Netherlands Antilles.
But residents of the small and vulnerable islands got a break as Emily, the fifth storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, failed to grow into a hurricane as predicted, remaining a tropical storm with 60 mph (97 kph) winds.
At 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT), the center of Emily was about 125 miles south of Barbados and moving to the west at 18 mph (29 kph), the U.S.

热带风暴艾米丽（Emily）星期三在东加勒比海的上风小岛登陆，巴巴多斯岛迅速向荷兰安的列斯群岛发出警告。
但是第五号飓风艾米丽并没有像预计中那样形成飓风，而是保持了60时速（97千米每小时）的热带风暴，因此这个容易受攻击的小岛上的居民只受到一些冲击。
美国东区时区下午5点，艾米丽中心离巴巴多斯岛大约125英里并以18时速（29千米每小时）像美国西部移动。