Around the world | Storm `Debbie`, the fourth of the year in the Atlantic hurricane season, threatens the Gulf Coast of Florida

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arabia Weather - Yesterday evening, <strong>Saturday,</strong> the National Hurricane Center indicated the development of a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico and called it Debbie. It is the fourth storm with a name in this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, and it is likely to bring heavy rains and floods to most of the Florida Gulf Coast starting this week.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /><br /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Meteorologists said that the depression turned into a tropical storm over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico late last night, affecting the eastern Gulf of Mexico and was centered about 60 miles southwest of Dry Tortugas National Park near Key West, Florida, according to the Hurricane Center. 260 miles southwest of Tampa, Florida. The maximum wind speed reached 45 miles per hour and was moving northwest at 14 miles per hour.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /><br /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Hurricane Center expected that the storm will continue to develop and will likely turn into a hurricane before hitting the Big Bend area in northern Florida by next <strong>Monday</strong> morning, while continuing to move slowly across northern Florida and southern Georgia on Monday and Tuesday, as several flood warnings have been issued. Drainage systems were flooded, amid expectations that the tropical storm would be accompanied by large amounts of rain, which could lead to floods.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /><br /><br /></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>The fourth storm this year is expected to bring large amounts of rain</strong></h3><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /><br /></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Weather forecasters at the Arab Weather Center said that Debbie is the fourth storm since the beginning of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, after Tropical Storm Alberto, Hurricane Beryl, and Tropical Storm Chris, all of which formed last June, and is expected to bring heavy rains along the Atlantic coast. From Jacksonville, Florida, waves of 2 to 4 feet rose across coastal areas of Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina before decreasing in strength as it reached land.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /><br /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Meteorologists warned of the risk of some areas being submerged by sea water, including the Hernando Beach, Crystal River, Stencil and Cedar Key areas. Officials in Citrus and Levy counties ordered the mandatory evacuation of coastal areas, while officials in Hernando, Manatee, Pasco and Taylor counties called for voluntary evacuation and the opening of shelters. In those counties and some other counties.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><br /><br /></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Below are the latest observations of Tropical Storm Debbie:</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><ul style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Location: Southeastern Gulf of Mexico.</strong></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Wind: northwesterly at 13 mph.</strong></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Atmospheric pressure: 1001 m</strong></li><li style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Maximum gain speed: 50 mph.</strong></li></ul><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Other topics:</strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong><a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A5%D8%B9... hurricane is detected in the Pacific Ocean, but it decides to move away from land and remain above the surface of the water. How is that?</a></strong></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>