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Tropical storm Eta expected to re-strengthen to hurricane before hitting Florida

Tropical Storm Eta

ATLANTA — Tropical Storm Eta is set to reach south Florida as a hurricane on Monday.

The 28th named storm of the season boomeranged back to the Caribbean Sea after smashing into Central America last week as a major hurricane.

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The storm is currently gaining strength and expected to become a hurricane again before it reaches the Florida Keys Sunday night.

Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Eboni Deon said the storm will increase our rain chances Tuesday into Wednesday.

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What you need to know:

  • We’ll have a chance for rain starting Tuesday
  • Expect widespread rain Wednesday
  • Rain could continue into next week depending on conditions then

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