Storm Drenches Florida as 2 Others Swirl Toward Caribbean
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COCOA BEACH, Fla. — Tourists abandoned beaches and people watched the rain helplessly Thursday as Tropical Storm Jerry drenched much of Florida.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto, with 105-m.p.h. winds, and Tropical Storm Iris, with 65-m.p.h. winds, were pushing their way across the Atlantic toward the Caribbean.
Jerry lost steam as it weakened to a tropical depression after making it nearly across the peninsula, but forecasters predicted that it could build into a storm again over the Gulf of Mexico and strike northern Florida.
Jerry dumped 10 1/4 inches of rain near Stuart, more than 8 1/2 inches on Sanibel Island and nearly eight inches in West Palm Beach.
Humberto was about 1,075 miles east of the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean. A gradual west-northwest turn was expected. Iris, slowly moving west ahead of Humberto, was centered about 250 miles east of the Lesser Antilles.
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