Tropical Weather
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Weather forecasters say three tropical systems are churning in the Atlantic basin and threatening to impact the U.S. Gulf Coast, some Caribbean islands including earthquake-damaged Haiti, and the island of Bermuda.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Fred could make landfall by Monday evening along the Florida Panhandle. Heavy rain and storm surge were expected. Tropical depression Grace is forecast to move over Hispaniola and possibly cause flooding and mudslides just days after a 7.2 magnitude quake hit Haiti. The death toll in Haiti stands at 1,297 this morning following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake over the weekend.
Tropical depression eight formed Sunday near Bermuda and is expected to become a tropical storm sometime today.
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