Double threat shapes up as Tropical Storm Idalia and Hurricane Franklin intensify

Two storms were in intensifying early Monday as the new Atlantic hurricane season was getting into full swing. 

Tropical Storm Idalia was near the coast of Cuba Monday on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said.

At 5 a.m. EDT Monday, the storm was about 125 miles south of the western tip of Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and moving north at 7 mph.