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Should a depression form, "2020 would be in sole possession of the record-high number of tropical depressions, surpassing 2005," according to AccuWeather.
- A non-tropical area of low pressure, located several hundred miles off Florida’s east coast, has a 20% chance of developing somewhere between the Bahamas and Bermuda in the next five days.
- Iota was stronger, based on central pressure, than 2005′s Hurricane Katrina and is the first storm with a Greek alphabet name to hit Category 5, Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach said.
- Tropical Storm Iota formed Friday afternoon in the Caribbean Sea, becoming the 30th storm of the record-breaking 2020 hurricane season. It is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane before landfall in Central America early next week.
- South Florida got more rain from Tropical Storm Eta, which made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast early Thursday.
- Here's the latest forecast track of Tropical Storm Eta, which made landfall near Florida's Cedar Key on Thursday.
- A South Florida man who was caught in Tropical Storm Eta’s strong downpours, who accidentally drove into a canal and who was pulled from the water by firefighters, remains hospitalized in critical condition, officials said Wednesday.
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Find out if you're under a hurricane or tropical storm watch or warning for Hurricane Eta, which is forecast to make landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast on Thursday and cut across the state by Friday. - Here's the latest forecast track of Tropical Storm Eta, which is expected to make a second landfall anywhere from southeastern Mississippi to Tampa Bay.
- By Thursday, “life-threatening storm surge” could occur on portions of the Florida Gulf Coast from Bonita Beach to Steinhatchee River, including Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor, according to the National Hurricane Center.
- Tropical Storm Eta’s record-breaking deluge is part of a pattern of more intense rains and higher tides brought on by warmer sea water.
- The popular flea market and drive-in movie theater, which boasts “open 365 days a year, rain or shine!” was closed for a second straight day Tuesday.
- The 2020 hurricane season just became the most active in recorded history as Subtropical Storm Theta formed in the Atlantic.
- A man from Clewiston, Florida, died when his pickup truck ran into a canal in western Broward County.
- A guide to what's open and what's closed in South Florida due to Tropical Storm Eta, which could become a hurricane by the time it hits land.
- Tropical storm conditions are expected in South Florida on Monday as Eta moves through. Tropical Storm Eta is still projected to become a hurricane, with 75 mph winds, when it moves over the Gulf of Mexico later this week.
- Find out if you're under a watch or warning for Tropical Storm Eta, which is forecast to track toward Florida's east coast over the next 36 hours. The maps are updated every 10 minutes.
- Both in-person and online learning were canceled in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties.
- Despite the forecast track of Tropical Storm Eta shifting south on Saturday night, a large stretch of Florida from the Keys through Broward County remained under a hurricane watch. Palm Beach County is under a tropical storm warning. Eta, with 60 mph sustained winds, is expected to come very close to South Florida late Sunday or early Monday.
