One-time Tropical Storm Fred could dump heavy rain on Florida within days, forecasters say

After making landfall over the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, Tropical Storm Fred weakened into a disorganized tropical depression and moved back out over water on a course that could take it to Florida as a heavy rainmaker within days, forecasters said.

It was drenching Hispaniola, the island that the Dominican Republic and Haiti share. Early on Wednesday, Fred was about 110 miles east of Guantanamo, Cuba and moving west-northwest at 16 mph with maximum sustained winds of 16 mph.