Marc Serota for ReutersA tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby north of Cuba on Saturday and was predicted to become a hurricane as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with the Florida coast.
A hurricane warning was in effect for sections of the state's coast with tropical storm warnings for the Florida Keys.
Debby is the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season after Tropical Storm Alberto, Hurricane Beryl and Tropical Storm Chris, all of which formed in June.
We're doing everything that we need to be prepared to face a tropical storm," Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said.
"We've been in Florida our whole lives, in South Florida, so hurricanes are not really a big, big thing," Silverman said.
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