'Life-Threatening' Storm Debby Heads for Florida

Tropical Storm Debby is expected to gather strength and become a hurricane on Sunday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, rather than Monday, as it had forecast just hours before. Forecasters expect a large number of Atlantic hurricanes in the 2024 season, which began on June 1, with four to seven seen as major, among 25 named storms. That exceeds the 2005 record-breaking season that spawned hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Preparing for Debby, Gov. Ron DeSantis called up 3,000 National Guard and placed most of Florida's cities and...