Tropical Storm Bertha forms on track approaching US Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Bertha formed in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Florida Panhandle, threatening the US Gulf Coast with heavy rain, storm surge, and damaging winds. The storm, moving west-northwest, is expected to affect coastal areas from Florida to Texas, with a tropical storm watch issued from Florida's Ochlockonee River to Louisiana. Another storm, Fausto, strengthened in the eastern Pacific but poses no threat to land.