The season's 12th named storm -- Tropical Storm Larry -- is expected to become a major hurricane, but it is forecast to stay over the open waters this holiday weekend.
The season's 12th named storm -- Tropical Storm Larry -- is expected to become a major hurricane, but it is forecast to stay over the open waters this holiday weekend.
Ida’s remnant moisture is set to move into North Central Florida Wednesday, and flash flooding could occur in some locations west of I-75 from repeating rounds of heavy rain.
Ida's heavy rain that began Sunday in the western Panhandle continues Tuesday and is expected to push into more of North and Central Florida on Wednesday.
Ida weakened to a tropical storm Monday morning as it moved into southern Mississippi, but continues to pose a tornado and flash flood risk to portions of the Panhandle.
Four systems in the tropical Atlantic basin were being monitored by the National Hurricane Center, but none of them are likely to be a threat to Florida in the next five to seven days.
Hurricane Ida has come ashore in southeast Louisiana, but the indirect hazards are just beginning in portions of the Florida Panhandle.
The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to reach category 4 strength and produce "life-threatening storm surge, potentially catastrophic wind damage, and flooding rainfall" across the northern Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Ida is poised to rapidly intensify before landfall in Louisiana late Sunday. The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to reach category 4 strength and produce "life-threatening storm surge, potentially catastrophic wind damage, and flooding rainfall" across the northern Gulf Coast.