Three storms threaten US, Caribbean this weekend

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Three separate storm systems are threatening the United States and Caribbean this weekend.

First there is Tropical Storm Gonzalo.

The storm is bringing heavy rain and strong winds through the southern Windward Islands.

Rainfall is expected to total 1 to 3 inches for much of the area.

Gonzalo has already set a record for the earliest named seventh storm on record.

Forecasters say the good news is once the storm passes the Windward Islands and into the Caribbean, it should die down.

In the Gulf of Mexico Tropical Storm Hanna is gaining strength.

Forecasters expect it to make landfall in Texas later today.

Hanna is forecast to be a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph when it lands.

If Hanna does strengthened into a hurricane, it will be the first hurricane of the season in the Atlantic.

And Hurricane Douglas is approaching Hawaii.

Douglas peaked as a Category 4 early Friday and is now a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph.

It is the strongest hurricane on the planet right now.

Forecasters say it will weaken to a Category 1 or strong tropical storm before it reaches the island chain.

Posted – 7.25.20