Story highlights Tropical Storm Phillippe will hit the Northeast Sunday and MondayThe storm is not expected to become a hurricane(CNN) Near hurricane-force wind gusts and heavy rain are set to batter the Northeast on Sunday -- the five-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. Tropical Storm Philippe formed near western Cuba a few days ago and was racing up the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast early Sunday. Now we got another tropical storm," said CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis. Philippe was "racing" towards the northeast, the National Hurricane Center said in a Sunday morning advisory. The storm was moving away from Florida at about 31 mph, with sustained winds of about 50 mph.

Source: CNN October 29, 2017 09:45 UTC