(Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Colin moved out to sea early Tuesday after knocking out power to thousands, prompting Florida Governor Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency. The threat of a storm surge flooding shifted to the Atlantic Coast from the Gulf of Mexico.
The system may bring 1 to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) more rain across eastern North Carolina and central Florida through Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said in a bulletin at about 5 a.m. New York time. A tropical storm warning was dropped for the Gulf Coast and part of the Atlantic Coast while one remained in place from Altamaha Sound, Georgia, to Oregon Inlet in North Carolina.
About 26,000 customers had lost power in Florida and Georgia as of 7:45 p.m. New York time on Monday, utility data compiled by Bloomberg show. Orange-juice futures jumped to the highest in more than four years Monday on speculation that the storm would shrink the Florida crop.
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