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Tropical Storm Bertha Heads for Gulf Coast | Mesa News
Tropical Storm Bertha’s barreling toward the US Gulf Coast could bring torrential rain, dangerous storm surge, and flooding—making it the second named storm of the season. It’s already dumped heavy rain on Florida and is headed for Louisiana and Texas. The key difference between a tropical depression, storm, and hurricane? Wind speed: under 39 mph is a depression, 39+ gets a name, and 74+ becomes a hurricane—all stages of tropical cyclones. Named Bertha on Monday evening from a rotating list of 21 names (retired only if especially destructive), meteorologists urge everyone to monitor official…
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