Tracking toward Florida, Idalia is expected to become a major hurricane, impacting cities like Tampa and Orlando along its path.
The storm is forecast to develop into"dangerous major hurricane over northeastern Gulf of Mexico by early Wednesday," the National Hurricane Center said on Monday morning. Its latest storm advisory projected that Idalia will pass near or over western Cuba on Monday night before moving"over the extreme southeastern Gulf of Mexico by early Tuesday" and reaching the Gulf coast of Florida on Wednesday.
Hurricane Franklin is not expected to hit Florida, but it may cause rough surf conditions and rip currents. Officials have not issued any forecasts suggesting that Franklin will make landfall anywhere along the southeastern coast of the U.S. Meteorologists said swells from Franklin were already affecting Bermuda on Monday and are expected to cause"life-threatening surf and rip current conditions" along the U.S. East Coast this week, including in parts of Florida. for parts of eastern central Florida, including Orlando, where residents have been urged to prepare for"local tropical storm conditions by Tuesday night and into Wednesday.
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