Residents defy US hurricane warning
Updated on 19 August 2008
Residents were defying warnings as a strengthening Tropical Storm Fay swept over the Florida Keys at the tip of the state and bore down on the Gulf Coast.
The sixth named storm in the Atlantic hurricane season was expected to become a hurricane before curling up the state's western coast and hitting Florida's mainland some time on Tuesday.
No damage or injuries were immediately reported in the Keys islands, where a few bars and restaurants stubbornly remained open even as the storm centre passed. Authorities said a possible tornado knocked down a tree on Big Coppitt Key and there were scattered power cuts as well as street flooding.
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