Hurricane Idalia was forecast to grow stronger as it drives a potentially deadly storm surge toward the Big Bend area of Florida’s Gulf coast.
Author: John Bacon and Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY
Tropical Storm Sally roars through Gulf, forecast to strengthen to hurricane before landfall near Louisiana-Mississippi border
The National Hurricane Center warned Sally could bring rainfall along the Gulf Coast of 6 to 12 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 20 inches.