Days after Henri battered the Northeast as a tropical storm, a tropical depression in the Caribbean is heading toward the Gulf of Mexico. It could strengthen into a hurricane this week and take aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast, according to AccuWeather.
The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Depression 9 isexpected to strengthen and become a tropical storm Thursday night and then a hurricane. The system is expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico Saturday night and could be near major hurricane strength when it approaches the northern Gulf coast Sunday.
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