Eta remains a tropical storm as Florida prepares for 2nd hit Eta has remained a tropical storm as it prepares to skirt past the heavily populated Tampa Bay region in FloridaST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Eta remained a tropical storm Wednesday afternoon as it prepared to skirt past the heavily populated Tampa Bay region in Florida and crash ashore in the coming hours somewhere to the north along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Subsequently, a tropical storm warning was issued for the same general area. The storm has been in the Gulf of Mexico since crossing over South Florida on Sunday. Ron DeSantis issued an expanded emergency declaration to include 13 counties along or near the Gulf coast, adding them to South Florida counties. He described hearing water and debris slamming against his shuttered home overnight as the storm crossed Florida.

Source: ABC News November 11, 2020 13:06 UTC