Tropical Storm Bertha has strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and is moving slowly toward the Florida Panhandle, prompting a tropical storm warning and storm surge watches along the Florida-Alabama border and into Louisiana. The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, is expected to bring heavy rain to coastal areas of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, with possible life-threatening storm surges up to 4 feet and isolated tornado threats.
NEW ORLEANS - Tropical Storm Bertha strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and was moving slowly toward the Florida Panhandle, causing a tropical storm warning and storm surge watch es around the state line between Florida and Alabama, forecasters said.
The storm was about 125 miles south of Panama City, Florida, and 200 miles southeast of Mobile, Alabama, and moving northwest at 2 mph with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph , according to a 1 a.m. update by the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. The wind speed increased by 10 mph since Bertha formed Monday night.
A tropical storm warning, meaning the conditions are expected within the warning area within 36 hours, was in effect early Tuesday for the Florida and Alabama border to the Jefferson and Plaquemines parish line in Louisiana. Tropical Storm Bertha was expected to stay near or along the northern Gulf Coast early this week, dropping heavy rain on coastal areas of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana while pushing west toward Texas.
A storm surge watch, indicating rising, possible life-threatening water moving inland from the coast within 48 hours, was issued from the Alabama and Florida border to the mouth of the Mississippi River, the hurricane center reported. Bertha is the second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season after Tropical Storm Arthur brought heavy rainfall to the southeastern U.S. in June.
The storm was expected to stay near or along the northern Gulf Coast early this week, dropping heavy rain on coastal areas of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana while pushing west toward Texas. Potentially life-threatening storm surges of up to 4 feet are possible in portions of the Louisiana, Alabama and Florida, the hurricane center said, warning Bertha could spin off an isolated tornado or two over the Florida Big Bend region in the week.
Areas of flash flooding also will be possible through Friday along the coast from western Florida to middle Texas, forecasters said, adding that rainfall could total 3 to 5 inches along the Louisiana coastline, with higher amounts in some scattered areas. Red flags on the beach at Orange Beach, Alabama, cautioned swimmers about high surf and currents. In Escambia County, Florida, emergency officials offered sand for people living in flood-prone areas to use for sandbags.
In the eastern Pacific Ocean, Hurricane Fausto formed far from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and posed no threat to land Monday night, the hurricane center said. Fausto gained hurricane status Monday night and was about 745 miles southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula with top sustained winds of 75 mph and was moving to the west-northwest at 9 mph .
No coastal watches or warnings were in effect, though ocean swells generated by the storm could cause life-threatening surf and rip tide conditions on the Baja California coast, the center said.2 people accused of taking mail from Montgomery residence, authorities sayMontgomery’s Madison Avenue remains closed Tuesday morning due to ruptured gas line
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