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Tropical Weather Bringing Heavy Rains to Southern US, Puerto Rico, Dominican
Republic

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   The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Mondaythat
   reconnaissanceaircrafthas found that Tropical Storm Fred "has slowed
   down a little," but is expected to produce heavy rainfall and a
   dangerous storm surge along the coast of the Florida Panhandle laterin
   the day.

   Fred may have slowedits forward speed,but forecasters warned about
   thepossibility of tornadoes andlife-threatening surfand storm surges.

   The weather forecasterscautionedthat "a tornado or two" could be
   possible Monday morningover the Florida west coast and Panhandle, and
   during the late morning and into the afternoon from the Florida
   Panhandle northward into southwest Georgia and southeast Alabama.
   Once Fred makes landfall, it is expected to weaken, NHC said.

   Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Grace is continuing to produce heavy
   rains inwestern Puerto Rico, the forecasters reported, and flash floods
   and mudslides are possible acrossthe island ofHispaniola Monday.

   On Hispaniola,tropical storm watches are postedfor the entire coast of
   the Dominican Republicand Haiti as Grace approaches.

   Haiti needs "grace" of another kind after sufferingan earthquake
   Saturday, which came justweeks after the political crisis of a
   presidential assassination.

   Haiti hasnever fully recovered from a devastating earthquake in 2010.

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