But York said they’ll still find a way to relax.
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On Tuesday, tropical storm winds destroyed 70 tents at the Pinellas Hope homeless shelter, but no one was hurt, while forcing the city of St. Petersburg to dump millions of gallons of partially treated sewage into local waterways. Duke Energy said Monday afternoon it had 3,600 customers without electricity, while Tampa Electric Company said on its website that 4,022 people were experiencing outages.
People walk along the beach as waves from Tropical Storm Colin crash along the shore on Fort Myers Beach on June 6, 2016 in Fort Myers, Florida.
“We are going to flood in parts of Pasco County”, Guthrie said in an email. “We had 25%-30% of the crop left in the ground and if this had happened earlier in the season, it would’ve been rough as this is our third tropical storm this year”. Winds are expected from the southwest at 14 to 18 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 26 miles per hour.
“It’s important to note that the strongest winds and heaviest rains are well removed from the center”, the NHC said. Overall the storm is blamed for damaging a couple of homes.
Mainly, the region could see rain chances rise during the late morning as a rain band from Colin drops southward into the Treasure Coast. Heavy rains from Colin hit north Florida and southern…
Along the Georgia coast, the marshes did their job and acted as “a big sponge system” as Colin passed over, said Tim Cutting, who runs fishing charters from his base on St. Simons Island. The watch is in place until 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Dare County Emergency Management Director Drew Pearson said Tuesday the Outer Banks is still soggy from last week’s Tropical Storm Bonnie.
On its forecast path, Colin would churn across southeastern Georgia early on Tuesday and later in the day menace the North and SC coasts.
On Monday night, Tropical Storm Colin made landfall in Florida, flooding major roadways, causing delays at major airports and forcing Governor Rick Scott to declare a state of emergency for over half the state.
The storm will further weaken Wednesday.
“Some of this rain could be 6 inches deep”. Rain fell steadily in the Tampa-St. Does the early start to the hurricane season worry Morris?
The center of Colin is moving into the Atlantic east of the Georgia coast.
No injuries have been reported.
Roads and some coastal areas flooded in parts of Florida.
This story will be updated as the National Hurricane Center issues more advisories.
Tropical Storm Colin exited Florida without causing widespread damage, instead it acted as more of a drill for the rest of the hurricane season.
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Tongue thoroughly in cheek, Miller described the storm’s movement away from SC “at breakneck speed, moving northeast at 35 miles per hour!”
