Tropical Depression 14 forms in Gulf as Florida braces for impact

Florida could soon face another severe storm as a tropical depression is forming in the western Gulf of Mexico, the National Weather Service warned Saturday.

“It is forecast to quickly intensify while it moves eastward to northeastward across the Gulf of Mexico and be at or near major hurricane strength when it reaches the west coast of the Florida Peninsula mid week," NWS wrote in a post on social platform X.

"There is an increasing risk of life-threatening storm surge and...