
Tropical Storm Fred gains strength as it nears the Florida coast
CNN
Tropical Storm Fred is expected to make landfall in the western Panhandle Monday afternoon or early evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The storm was about 55 miles southwest of Apalachicola, Florida, late Monday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and moving toward the state at 10 mph. Fred is expected to make landfall in the western Panhandle Monday afternoon or early evening, according to the National Hurricane Center. Fred had been downgraded but regained its tropical storm status Sunday morning over the Gulf of Mexico, and is forecast to gradually increase in strength as it tracks through the warm waters of the gulf Monday.
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