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Tropical Storm Fred was gradually gaining strength and slowing down as it approached the Florida Panhandle Monday morning, with landfall expected near Panama City Monday afternoon.

Ida's heavy rain that began Sunday in the western Panhandle continues Tuesday and is expected to push into more of North and Central Florida on Wednesday.

The season's ninth named storm is likely to be a major hurricane before it makes landfall along the central Gulf coast some time on Sunday.

Hurricane Ida has come ashore in southeast Louisiana, but the indirect hazards are just beginning in portions of the Florida Panhandle.

Four systems in the tropical Atlantic basin were being monitored by the National Hurricane Center, but none of them are likely to be a threat to Florida in the next five to seven days.

Tropical Storm Ida is forecast to become a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and pose a significant risk to the central Gulf coast late in the weekend.

Ida weakened to a tropical storm Monday morning as it moved into southern Mississippi, but continues to pose a tornado and flash flood risk to portions of the Panhandle.

The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to reach category 4 strength and produce "life-threatening storm surge, potentially catastrophic wind damage, and flooding rainfall" across the northern Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Ida is poised to rapidly intensify before landfall in Louisiana late Sunday. Indirect impacts, such as periods of heavy rain, coastal flooding, and isolated tornadoes will be possible as far east as Florida's Emerald Coast Sunday and Monday.

Larry is likely to become a major hurricane this weekend in the central Atlantic, but there are no tropical threats to Florida in the next five days.