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TAMPA (FOX 13) – Tropical Storm Michael has reached hurricane strength as it moves north into the Gulf of Mexico, and forecasters expect it to get even stronger before landfall on the Florida Panhandle. The storm’s projected path shows Michael staying west of peninsular Florida, making a landfall somewhere along the Panhandle on Wednesday.  Under that track, the Tampa Bay area would still experience some wind, rain, and some coastal flooding. On Monday morning, the…

Tropical Storm Michael is in the Gulf of Mexico and expected to bring heavy winds, inches of rain and a chance of flash floods to parts of the Carolinas later this week, including the Charlotte area, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 5 a.m. Monday, the storm was “almost a hurricane” and moving north at 7 mph, reported the National Hurricane Center. “Michael is forecast to be a hurricane and possibly a major…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Sunday warned that a tropical storm headed for the Florida Panhandle could become a Category 2 hurricane with winds up to 100 miles per hour by the time it makes landfall at midweek. Scott issued an order for a state of emergency for 26 counties in the Florida Panhandle and the Big Bend area. The declaration will free up resources for storm preparation. “This storm will…

MIAMI (AP) — Newly named Tropical Storm Michael could strengthen to a hurricane as it heads to the Florida Panhandle, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sunday. The hurricane center upgraded the tropical depression in the Caribbean to a named tropical storm, saying it had winds of up to 40 mph (65 kph). The storm could strengthen into a hurricane by Tuesday night or Wednesday, the hurricane center said. The hurricane center advised residents along…

Hundreds of displaced residents remained in eastern North Carolina shelters three weeks after Hurricane Florence’s eye reached the Atlantic coast. The state emergency management office says 11 shelters counted 625 people early Friday, compared with the 22,000 people in over 100 shelters when the storm arrived. Emergency management office spokesman Keith Acree said 1,000 other people are benefiting from a government program that provides temporary housing such as hotel rooms while more permanent housing is…

A Florence County man is now facing murder and attempted murder charges after he ambushed police, killing one, and injuring six others. His son was also arrested in connection to the sexual assault that first brought officers to the home in the Vintage Place community on Wednesday. They were attempting to serve a search warrant.  Frederick Hopkins, 74, was taken into custody today. The ambush was “in place,” according to Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott….

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SC (FOX 46 WJZY) – Betty Burr lives in Chesterfield County. The 91-year-old woman has been using a lot of bug spray following Hurricane Florence. “I bought bug spray, they’re terrible, we just can’t come out in the yard at all without the bug spray,” Burr said. “Oh those bugs, I despise them.” Burr believes she’s seen more bugs, including mosquitoes, lingering outside her home. That’s to be expected because of the lingering…

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