MIAMI (AP) – Southern Florida is bracing for heavy rains from a tropical disturbance that could strengthen into a tropical storm.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Friday the system now over the Bahamas has a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression by Sunday. It’s expected to emerge into the Gulf of Mexico early next week and has a 60 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression by midweek.
The system is expected to drop up to 2 inches of rain starting Saturday in South Florida with possible flash flooding Sunday in the Miami area and the Florida Keys.
Spokesman Randy Smith of the South Florida Water Management District says water levels have been lowered in area canals in anticipation of the storm.
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