(August 23, 2008)--Tropical Storm Fay is one for the record books after becoming the first storm in recorded history to hit Florida with such intensity four different times.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Fay should be near or over the coast of Mississippi and Alabama by Sunday.
Fay never strengthened into a hurricane, but its zigzagging downpours have punished the Sunshine State.
At least six people have died in Florida and two more deaths reported Friday may be related to the storm as well.
The state attributed an additional death, before the storm hit, to hurricane preparedness.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has asked the White House to issue a major disaster declaration.
Crist said the storm damaged 1,572 homes in Brevard County alone, dropping 25 inches of rain on Melbourne.
A tropical storm warning was in effect Saturday along the northeastern gulf coast from the Suwanee River in Florida to the mouth of the Mississippi River.
A tropical storm watch is in effect west of the mouth of the Mississippi to Grand Isle, La., including New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
Fay was moving toward the west Saturday at about 7 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds near 45 miles per hour, and could dump as much as 20 inches of rain on isolated areas as it moves into Alabama and Mississippi, forecasters said.
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