Storm Brewing Off Florida Coast Could Become Tropical Depression

Published on July 31, 2024

TAMPA, Fla.—Floridians and Bahamians could be facing their first named storm of the 2024 season by next week. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is watching “a large tropical wave” that is set to enter the Caribbean on July 31, approaching the Lesser Antilles. That stretch of smaller islands includes the Virgin Islands and Trinidad and Togabo. Satellite imagery shows the budding storm on the northern edge of that stretch, nearing Puerto Rico. As of 8 a.m. EDT on July 31, there was a 60 percent chance of the tropical wave forming into an organized storm over the next seven days as it makes its way west-northwest across the Caribbean....

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