A tropical depression that dumped as much as 4 inches of rain across parts of Tampa Bay over the weekend was expected to become a tropical storm lateMonday. Federal meteorologists are eyeing the system that was predicted to develop as the second named storm of the 2026 hurricane season.

The storm system now known as Tropical Depression Two is expected to become Tropical Storm Bertha later Monday, July 20, in the Gulf, according to the 10 a.m. CT update from the National Hurricane Cen...

"The main impacts across the northeast Gulf Coast will continue to revolve around bands of gusty showers. A few of the rain bands may pose a tornado threat in the coastal Florida Big Bend, otherwise a...