Tropical Storm Gordon is dumping rain on Florida, and getting stronger as it eyes Mississippi

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• Tropical Storm Gordon is dumping rain on Florida on Monday evening, and expected to gain in strength as it heads to up the Gulf Coast.
• Forecasters predict the storm could strengthen to a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico before it makes landfall in Mississippi on Wednesday.
• The storm surge along the Gulf Coast could reach up to 5 feet, and the National Hurricane Center predicts rain totals in Florida, the Bahamas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana could range from 2 to 4 inches up to 8 inches in some areas.

Tropical Storm Gordon is centered 50 miles off the coast of Fort Myers, Florida on Monday evening, dumping rain on the peninsula and whipping its shores with maximum winds up to 50 mph.

Heading northwest at 17 mph, the National Hurricane Center predicts Gordon could strengthen to a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico before it likely makes landfall in Mississippi early Wednesday.

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