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The National Hurricane Center warned of a “life-threatening situation” Sunday morning as Tropical Storm Debby gained strength over the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward Florida’s coast. The center of the storm was about 140 miles west of Naples, Florida, and moving north-northwest at 13 mph with maximum sustained winds of nearly 60 mph, the hurricane center said in an update issued at 8 a.m. ET. But Debby was forecast to turn north and grow into a hurricane before barreling into the Big Bend coast from mainland Florida to the state’s panhandle on Monday morning. Storm surges and high tides were …

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