(Bloomberg) – The second tropical storm in about a week may be threatening Florida by Monday if conditions keep deteriorating in the western Caribbean Sea.
An area of rain and thunderstorms now drifting toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula has a 60% chance of becoming a tropical system in the next five days, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
"We think there is a high chance for tropical development and a decent chance of a tropical depression and even a tropical storm moving into central Florida Monday afternoon or Monday night," said Ken Clark, a meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania.
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