Tropical Storm FAY Could Become Hurricane

Tropical storm Fay which has been causing major problems and evacuation orders over the weekend could become near Hurricane level before it reaches land according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The National Hurricane center says that Fay, which past Cuba Monday morning is heading towards the Florida Keys before moving our to the Gulf of Mexico, could pick up strength and speed by Tuesday morning.

Reports from Jamaica which experience lightning storms and a deluge of rain over the weekend, leaving some residents on the north coast wondering whether the storm was passing closer to them than at first thought.

Evacuation orders have been sent out to areas in the Floriday Keys that are in the path of the storm as a precaution led to heavy traffic on the roads leaving Key West and other low lying areas of the Florida peninsula.