although it also posed Causation a threat to the east coast of the united states , felix curved Motion_directional northward and then east-northeastward while remaining Presence offshore , thereby avoiding Preventing_or_letting landfall .

It accelerated Cause_change_of_strength east-northeastward , and passed Motion_directional a short distance offshore of Newfoundland , where Felix transitioned Change into an extratropical storm Catastrophe on August 22 .

The remnant low moved Motion east-northeastward until dissipating Dispersal over West Virginia on June 21 .

Eventually , Fran curved Motion_directional east-northeastward and transitioned Change into an extratropical cyclone over Ontario early on September 9 .

After turning back to the west east of the Bahamas , Ione turned Motion northwest and northward , moving across eastern North Carolina before moving east-northeastward out to sea .

While crossing the state it weakened Cause_change_of_strength to tropical storm Catastrophe status , and after accelerating Cause_to_make_progress east-northeastward , it was absorbed Ingestion by a cold front on October 23 , to the south of Bermuda .

Hostile environmental conditions soon affected the cyclone Catastrophe as it turned Change abruptly east-northeastward .

Dora then briefly drifted Self_motion over southwestern Georgia , until turned Change east-northeastward late the next day .

By September 13 , Debbie 's motion became Becoming influenced Influence by the Westerlies , causing Causation the system to accelerate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale east-northeastward .