Tropical Storm Michael will likely hit Gulf Coast as a hurricane
The National Hurricane Center announced Sunday that Tropical Storm Michael, which is expected to bring heavy rains to parts of Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula through Monday, will likely soon become a hurricane.
Brian Fortier, a senior meteorologist at the Weather Channel, told NBC News Michael will probably become a hurricane within the next 24 hours, and "stay a low-grade hurricane before it comes onshore and moves northeast across Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina." Michael is expected to pick up speed over the next few days, before hitting the U.S. on Wednesday, and could bring heavy rains, winds, and dangerous storm surge to areas that experienced flooding during Hurricane Florence in September.
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