{"id":119016,"date":"2023-09-21T22:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=119016"},"modified":"2023-09-21T22:13:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:13:14","slug":"florida-and-north-carolina-on-alert-for-dangerous-tropical-cyclone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/florida-and-north-carolina-on-alert-for-dangerous-tropical-cyclone\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida and North Carolina on alert for dangerous tropical cyclone"},"content":{"rendered":"
A potential tropical cyclone off the east coast of Florida will soon strengthen into a tropical depression or storm, forecasters said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The National Hurricane Center began to issue warnings late Thursday morning, as the developing storm has caused heavy rainfall and possible flooding this week in south Florida.<\/p>\n
Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen is expected to become a tropical storm as it approaches the coast of North Carolina on Friday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, another system off Africa is expected to merge with another system to its west and become a tropical depression late this week, potentially heading towards the eastern Caribbean.<\/p>\n
According to the National Hurricane Center, the system\u2019s chances of development are 70 percent within the next seven days.<\/p>\n
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While the system off Florida\u2019s coast is not a tropical depression yet, forecasters have started to issue advisories ahead of time because it is expected to intensify quickly.<\/p>\n
Robert Garcia, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Miami, said: \u201cThis possible system is going to develop fast enough that they want to put up watches and warnings.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo they have the option to put \u2018potential tropical cyclone\u2019 to give everyone time to prepare.\u201d<\/p>\n
As of 10 am Thursday, forecasters said the system near Florida has a 60 percent chance of developing in the next two days, and a 60 percent chance within the next seven days.<\/p>\n
The system was located about 370 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, around 11 am Thursday, moving north at 9 mph.<\/p>\n
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Tropical storm warnings were issued from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Fenwick Island, Delaware, and a storm surge watch is now in effect from Surf City, North Carolina, to Chincoteague, Virginia.<\/p>\n
Garcia said south Florida will be increasingly stormy as the week continues.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe big thing we\u2019ll need to watch through the week is a chance of heavy rainfall and maybe even flooding, and strong wind gusts from the thunderstorms that could develop.\u201d<\/p>\n
The National Hurricane Center said in a statement: \u201cRegardless of development, this low is likely to bring gusty winds to gale force, heavy rain, and high surf to portions of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States late this week and into this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a fast-moving Hurricane Nigel moved near Canada as a Category 1 storm with strong winds, also sending swells down to Bermuda.<\/p>\n
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Impacts from Nigel are expected to subside by Thursday night, and the storm will downgrade to a post-tropical cyclone by Friday.<\/p>\n
The National Hurricane Center has forecasted 14 to 21 named storms for the 2023 Atlantic season and six to 11 hurricanes – up to five of which would be major hurricanes.<\/p>\n
So far this season, there have been 14 named storms, six of which were hurricanes – and three were major hurricanes.<\/p>\n
Those were Hurricane Lee, Hurricane Franklin, and Hurricane Idalia, which made landfall on Florida\u2019s Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm on August 30. The next named storm would be Ophelia.<\/p>\n
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