Tropical Storm Grace forms as Fred threatens Florida with heavy rain

Tropical Storm Grace formed Saturday morning in the Atlantic Ocean, while Fred remained a tropical depression headed into the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Both systems were expected to bring heavy rain and flooding. Fred, which has already been classified as a tropical storm before, could regain such strength later in the day or on Sunday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The center said in its 8 a.m. EDT advisory that Grace was centered about 355 miles east-southeast of the Leeward Islands and could reach the Lesser Antilles by Saturday night. It was moving west at 22 mph with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.