Tropical Depression Moving Into The Gulf Of Mexico
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MIAMI (AP) - A tropical depression that formed in the Florida Straits is moving into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. National Hurricane Center says it could soon become a tropical storm.
The depression's maximum sustained winds early Monday are near 35 mph (55 kph) with some strengthening expected during the next two days. Forecasters say it could become a tropical storm later in the day or overnight.
Rain chances continue today mainly across our central counties. Also watching tropical depression 9. #txwx #ctxwx pic.twitter.com/E41F4uZIu9
— NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) August 29, 2016
Meanwhile, another tropical depression that formed west of Bermuda is moving toward the coast of North Carolina. That depression is expected to become a tropical storm overnight and threatens to bring wind and rain to eastern North Carolina.
Farther east, Hurricane Gaston has weakened a little as it drifts northward in the middle of the Atlantic.
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