{"id":325289,"date":"2021-08-16T07:17:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T04:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fred-strengthens-slightly-as-it-heads-to-us-coast\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T07:17:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T04:17:14","slug":"fred-strengthens-slightly-as-it-heads-to-us-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fred-strengthens-slightly-as-it-heads-to-us-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fred strengthens slightly as it heads to US coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Fred strengthens slightly as it heads to US coast<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday just hours before Grace was demoted to a tropical depression. A new tropical depression also formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Fred was forecast to move across the Gulf and reach the coast as early as Monday afternoon, forecasters said. They said people from Alabama to the central Florida Panhandle should monitor the system\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n<p>A tropical storm warning is now in effect for the coast of the Florida Panhandle from Navarre to the Wakulla\/Jefferson County line, meaning tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area in the next 24 hours. A storm surge warning has been issued for part of Florida\u2019s Big Bend area. That\u2019s the spot on the Gulf Coast where the Florida peninsula turns west into the Panhandle.<\/p>\n<p>Fred\u2019s maximum sustained winds stood at 50 mph (85 kph) Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Anticipating Fred, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for the state\u2019s Panhandle region. And Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued a statement Saturday saying her administration was monitoring the weather and \u201cwill be ready to act from the state level if needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21225651873982-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"City workers in Miami fill sandbags at a drive-thru sandbag distribution event for residents ahead of the arrival of rains associated with Tropical Storm Fred.\" class=\"wp-image-19140896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21225651873982-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21225651873982-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21225651873982-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21225651873982-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>City workers in Miami fill sandbags at a drive-thru sandbag distribution event for residents ahead of the arrival of rains associated with Tropical Storm Fred.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fred was located Sunday night about 200 miles (325 kilometers) south of Panama City, Florida, and moving north-northwest at 9 mph (15 kph).<\/p>\n<p>Fred had been downgraded to a tropical wave on Saturday. Tropical waves can contain winds and heavy rain, but do not circulate around a center point or an \u201ceye\u201d like a tropical storm or hurricane.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Grace was demoted to a depression as its maximum sustained winds fell to 35 mph (55 kph), below the 39 mph (63 kph) threshold for a tropical storm. It was located about 260 miles (415 kilometers) east-southeast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aug 15th at 1:30pm \u2013 Here is a look at the big picture as of Sunday afternoon. Tropical Storm <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fred?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fred<\/a> continues to move to the NNW towards the N. Gulf coast. Elsewhere, Tropical Storm <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Grace?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Grace<\/a> is passing very close to Puerto Rico as it heads towards the vicinity of Hispaniola. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r56AWsJvyL\">pic.twitter.com\/r56AWsJvyL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Miami (@NWSMiami) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSMiami\/status\/1426957593994539008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Tropical storm warnings for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were discontinued. A tropical storm watch was issued for the Haiti and the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The storm was moving west at 15 mph (24 kph).<\/p>\n<p>Tropical depression eight formed 135 miles (220 kilometers) east-northeast of Bermuda late Sunday. The system had maximum sustained winds of 30 mph (45 kph) and was moving south at 7 mph (11 kph). A tropical storm watch was in effect for the island territory.<\/p>\n<p>Both Grace and Fred posed a heavy rain and flood threat, forecasters said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21225653056013.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Florida has declared a state of emergency in its Panhandle region in anticipation of heavy rain and flooding from Fred.\" class=\"wp-image-19140909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21225653056013.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21225653056013.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21225653056013.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/AP21225653056013.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Florida has declared a state of emergency in its Panhandle region in anticipation of heavy rain and flooding from Fred.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rainfall totals around 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) were forecast from Grace for Haiti and the Dominican Republic, through Tuesday. Fred was forecast to bring roughly the same amount of rainfall to the Big Bend of Florida and the Panhandle.<\/p>\n<p>A tropical storm earlier in the week, Fred had weakened to a depression by its spin over Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where it knocked out power to some 400,000 customers and caused flooding that forced officials to shut part of the country\u2019s aqueduct system, interrupting water service for hundreds of thousands of people. Local officials reported hundreds of people were evacuated and some buildings were damaged.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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A new tropical depression also formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday night. 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