听力原文： A renewed Tropical Storm Irene was expected to gradually intensify Thursday as it moved closer to the U.S. East Coast, raising the possibility it could eventually hit the United States as a hurricane. Irene was expected to continue over the next five days toward the U.S. coastline from Georgia to Virginia, though it was still too soon to tell what kind of threat it posed to land. It had top sustained winds near 40 mph, just above the 39 mph threshold for tropical storms. Irene broke records Sunday when it became the earliest ninth named storm in the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1 and ends Nov. 30. Which statement is NOT true about Irene?