Florida faces increased flood threat as potential path of Atlantic disturbance now eyes Gulf of Mexico

Florida faces increased flood threat as potential path of Atlantic disturbance now eyes Gulf of Mexico

A well-defined tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms over Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the adjacent waters of the southwestern Atlantic and northeastern Caribbean Sea. The National Hurricane Center said a tropical depression could form this weekend or early next week over the eastern Gulf of Mexico or near the Florida Peninsula.