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08-31-2016, 07:00 PM
Heavy rain, storm surge flooding are biggest risks in Florida from incoming tropical storm
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The tropical storm forecast to strike the "Big Bend" area of Florida on Thursday night may **t look all that fearsome right **w, but it is still likely to have significant impact.
As of Wednesday morning, the tropical system was still a tropical depression, meaning it had a closed circulation of low pressure with sustained winds of at least 35 miles per hour. *
SEE ALSO: Two hurricanes on course for historic encounter with Big Island of Hawaii (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/hurricanes-madeline-lester-hawaii/)
The storm is already bringing heavy rain to Florida, and could cause flooding from 6 to 12 inches of rain from Orlando **rthward to Jacksonville, given the weather system's slow movement and the abundance of moisture off the unusually warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/florida-tropical-storm-flooding-surge/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The tropical storm forecast to strike the "Big Bend" area of Florida on Thursday night may **t look all that fearsome right **w, but it is still likely to have significant impact.
As of Wednesday morning, the tropical system was still a tropical depression, meaning it had a closed circulation of low pressure with sustained winds of at least 35 miles per hour. *
SEE ALSO: Two hurricanes on course for historic encounter with Big Island of Hawaii (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/hurricanes-madeline-lester-hawaii/)
The storm is already bringing heavy rain to Florida, and could cause flooding from 6 to 12 inches of rain from Orlando **rthward to Jacksonville, given the weather system's slow movement and the abundance of moisture off the unusually warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/florida-tropical-storm-flooding-surge/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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