ORLANDO, Fla. — Channel 9 meteorologists are tracking two areas of disturbance in the tropics.
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One disturbance in the Caribbean could develop into a tropical storm as it moves to the north-northeast.
The system could bring widespread flooding to the Islands south of Florida.
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Another disturbance trying to develop near the Bahamas brought flooding to South Florida on Wednesday.
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That system will combine with moisture from the Gulf of Mexico that is moving along with a front.
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The increased storm activity in the Atlantic is forecast to create beach erosion on Central Florida’s coast.
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