A satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at 3:15 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Claudette as it comes ashore in the Florida Panhandle Monday Aug. 17, 2009. It is the first named storm to hit the U.S. mainland this year.(AP Photo/NOAA)
Over the Atlantic, Hurricane Bill formed early Monday. The storm had maximum sustained winds near 75 mph that were expected to gain speed and top 110 mph, the threshold for a major hurricane.
"We do believe (Bill) could become a major hurricane during the next couple of days," said Daniel Brown, a hurricane specialist for the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Bill was centered about 1,160 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and moving west-northwest at 22 mph. The five-day forecast shows the storm passing northeast of Puerto Rico and heading toward Bermuda.
By MELISSA NELSON, AP
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