Tropical Storm Gordon Makes Landfall in SWFL

WGCU | By Rachel Iacovone

Published September 3, 2018 at 4:13 PM EDT

Satellite loop of Tropical Storm Gordon over Monday afternoon

Listen to the conversation with meteorologist Jeff Huffman.

Exactly a week before the peak of hurricane season – and the year anniversary of Hurricane Irma making landfall in Florida – Tropical Storm Gordon swept through Southwest Florida almost as quickly as it formed.

Heavy rain flows from a roof at Crayton Cove in Naples during Tropical Storm Gordon's landfall Monday afternoon.

WGCU’s Rachel Iacovone spoke with meteorologist Jeff Huffman of the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network just after the storm passed the coast of Naples on Monday.

Official forecast track of Tropical Storm Gordon, per the 2 p.m. Monday afternoon advisory from the National Hurricane Center

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Rachel Iacovone

RachelIacovoneis a reporter and associate producer ofGulf Coast LiveforWGCU News. Rachel came toWGCU as an intern in 2016, during the presidential race. She went on to cover Florida Gulf Coast University students at President Donald Trump's inauguration on Capitol Hill and Southwest Floridians in attendance at the following day's Women's March on Washington.

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