hurricane then accelerated due to an approaching cold front, before merging with the front about 475 mi (765 km) east of Newfoundland at 12:00 UTC on August 24. Hurricane Emmy A tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa on August 15. The wave moved westward at before developing into a tropical depression on August 20, while it was situated approximately east of the Lesser Antilles. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Emmy on August 22 as it moved west-northwestward. Two days later, it recurved to the northeast due to a rapidly developing, unseasonable frontal low pressure system to the northeast. After intensifying into a Category 1 hurricane on August 25, the storm began moving eastward due to a frontal low pressure system located to the northeast. Late on August 26, Emmy strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane while moving northeastward. The hurricane resumed its west-northwestward course late on August 27, before again turning to the east early on August 29 due to strong upper-level westerlies. At 12:00 UTC, Emmy attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of . The cyclone slowly weakened while moving eastward, falling to Category 1 intensity on September 1. Emmy briefly headed east-southeastward, before turning to the north-northeast on September 2. Between late on the following day and early on September 4, Emmy passed through the Azores, before being absorbed by Hurricane Frances shortly after moving north of the islands. Damage in the Azores was apparently not significant, though the storm caused 68 deaths when a Venezuelan Air Force plane carrying a school choir crashed on a landing attempt at Lajes Air Base. Hurricane Frances A tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic from the west coast of Africa on August 24. After moving westward for three days, the system developed into a tropical depression about west-southwest of the southwesternmost Cape Verde Islands. A reconnaissance aircraft flight into the storm on August 28 recorded winds of and a barometric pressure of , which resulted in the cyclone being upgraded to Tropical Storm Frances. The storm began curving northwestward due to a weakness in the Azores High caused by the recent passage of Hurricane Emmy. By early on August 30, Frances intensified into a hurricane. About 24 hours later, the cyclone turned northward well northeast of the Lesser Antilles. Strengthening further, Frances