Tropical Storm Bertha

Bertha formed off Florida and is prompting warnings as it nears the Gulf Coast.

Tropical Storm Bertha forms off the Florida coast, prompting storm alerts

Tropical Storm Bertha forms in the Gulf, forecasts warn of flooding

Tropical Storm Bertha forms, threatening Gulf Coast. See a forecast map and its path.

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Tropical Storm Bertha formed Monday evening in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Florida Panhandle, becoming the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. At 8 p.m., Bertha was about 110 miles south of Panama City, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving west-northwest at about 3 mph. Tropical storm watches were issued for parts of the Gulf Coast, with New Orleans potentially seeing tropical storm conditions by Wednesday. Forecasts warned of 2 to 8 inches of rain, flash flooding, storm surge, dangerous swells and damaging wind gusts.

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