{"id":410244,"date":"2026-09-25T11:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/410244\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:50:49","slug":"tropical-storm-gonzalo-forms-off-africa-as-fay-spins-in-atlantic-and-pacific-stays-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/410244\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Gonzalo forms off Africa as Fay spins in Atlantic and Pacific stays active"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4uzhnjowezkheol3.jpg\" alt=\"Tampa weather | Friday morning forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4uzhnjowezkheol3.jpg\" alt=\"Tampa weather | Friday morning forecast\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-a3924c54=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; Multiple tropical storms and hurricanes are active across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, bringing severe threats to Hawaii, Mexico, and the Cape Verde Islands while missing the continental United States.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/atlantic-wide-2d-ir-enhanced-18.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  Tropical storms in Atlantic  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Tropical Storm Fay remains active in the open Atlantic, spinning harmlessly away from land.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fay-track-3.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Meanwhile, newly formed Tropical Storm Gonzalo is located barely off the African coast and will affect the Cape Verde Islands this weekend under active Tropical Storm Warnings.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/gonzalo.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  Pacific storms intensify <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Hurricane Polo has regained Category 5 strength and is projected to turn toward Baja California, where it will make landfall early next week as a Category 1 or 2 storm before dropping torrential rains over Mexico&#8217;s mountains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hawaii-track-4.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Farther west, Hurricane Nolo is forecast to reach major hurricane strength over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pacific-track-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">It remains unclear exactly how much damage the high-altitude rainfall will cause in Mexico&#8217;s mountainous regions or if Nolo&#8217;s projected hard left turn will fully spare the Hawaiian Islands from severe coastal surge.<\/p>\n<p> Life-threatening Hawaii flooding <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Why you should care:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">As Hurricane Nolo nears the Big Island of Hawaii, the storm is expected to make a hard left turn. Despite that turn, the island is forecast to receive 15 to 30 inches of rain, with isolated maximums reaching 35 inches. The severe downpours will cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides, particularly across higher terrain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was gathered from National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center advisory statements.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/hillsborough\/tampa\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; Multiple tropical storms and hurricanes are active across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, bringing severe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[47,629,115,135,137,136,628],"class_list":["post-410244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-fl","tag-hillsborough","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}