tropical Depression Fred’s route is shifted west, reducing the risk of destruction in the mainland. Florida While the panhandle and keys belong to severe weather.
The National Hurricane Center advised for heavy rainfall and flooding in southern and central parts of Florida through Monday.
The Florida Panhandle and western coast may experience tropical storm conditions on Sunday and Monday.
Southeast and central Appalachia can also expect heavy rain and flooding on Sunday as the storm approaches the region.
In Miami, the National Weather Service has reduced the amount of precipitation in Florida by two to five inches.
Behind Fred is Tropical Depression Seven, which is expected to hit the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic on Saturday and Sunday.
TD Seven will potentially change to TS Grace, the seventh hurricane in the Atlantic since the start of hurricane season.
This satellite image shows a Tropical Storm Fred in the Caribbean as it passes south of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic at 8 a.m. EST, Wednesday
Fred is expected to hit Florida at around 2 pm on Monday. Florida and surrounding states are expected to experience tropical storm conditions
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Broward County to the Keys should suspect winds of 39 to 57 mph and be prepared for flooding and possible tornadoes.
According to a 5 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center, Fred’s wind speed is 30 mph, below the tropical storm’s measurement of 35 mph.
Wind speed Tropical storm speeds are expected to reach approximately 40 mph Friday night and reach maximum 60 mph by Sunday.
A Tropical Storm Warning was issued for areas from Key Largo to Dry Tortugas and the Gulf of Florida on Friday.
As of 5 p.m. Fred was 210 miles southeast of Key West and gusts of 35 mph.
As of 2 p.m., TD Seven was 775 miles east of the Leeward Islands and is following the same path as Fred, heading south Florida.
Due to this, winds and rain can occur in Florida at 45 mph through Wednesday night.
Tropical Depression Seven is expected to reach Tropical Storm status and be renamed Grace. This is the seventh hurricane to form in the Atlantic during hurricane season this year.
Seven is following the same path as Fred’s and is expected to affect Florida by Wednesday night
The US and Caribbean islands have been warned of possible flooding and soil erosion. Fred weakened into a tropical depression on Wednesday night as it continued to receive heavy rainfall along its path, but could strengthen back into a tropical storm as it moved toward Cuba and the mainland United States.
Government officials reported that some 300,000 customers in the Dominican Republic were without electricity and more than half a million people were affected by overflowing rivers, which forced the closure of part of the aqueduct system.
After a calm month without a named storm in the region, Fred became the sixth of the Atlantic hurricane season late Tuesday as it moved the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on a forecast track that would make it to Florida over the weekend. will lead to.
In the Dominican capital Santo Domingo before the storm, government teams with megaphones walked through poor areas and urged people living in low-lying areas to evacuate.
Vehicles cross a flooded road during the passage of Tropical Storm Fred in Santo Domingo
Men take a boat off a beach before the arrival of Tropical Storm Fred in the Dominican Republic
Hours later, the government reported flooding to a courthouse.
Meanwhile, Florida and the Bahamas are on a straight path, with forecasters calling the storm a “cone of uncertainty,” meaning it may or may not see any destruction. WTVY.
Some form of TD Fred is expected to touch Florida soil around 8 a.m. Saturday, with winds estimated at about 45 mph. As of 7 a.m. on Sunday, it could be north of Dothan, Georgia with gusts of 65 mph, the outlet reports.
The Bahamas is expected to see light winds around 35 to 40 mph between Thursday and Friday morning as Fred makes his way.
Tropical storm warnings were turned off in US territories after rain pelted the islands, leaving nearly 13,000 customers in Puerto Rico without power.
The National Hurricane Center said Fred was centered about 25 miles south of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on Wednesday night and was moving to the west-northwest at 15 mph. It had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph.
Palm trees sway in the wind and rain during the passage of Tropical Storm Fred in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Wednesday
Forecasters said Fred was expected to become a tropical storm again on Thursday as it moved near the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas and then passed north of the northern coast of central Cuba on Friday.
Florida residents were urged to monitor updates as the storm makes its way north.
Puerto Rico Government. Pedro Pierlusi shut down government agencies in the afternoon on Tuesday and officials noted that some gas stations had closed after running out of fuel.
More than a month had passed since the last Atlantic hurricane, Hurricane Elsa, but this time of summer usually marks the beginning of the peak of hurricane season.
The storm was expected to bring 3 to 5 inches of rain, with up to 8 inches in some areas in the Dominican Republic.
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