Tropical Storm Fay headed for Florida on Monday after claiming 35 lives in the Caribbean. Tourists in Key West Florida were urged to evacuate but many bars and restaurants were doing business. Fay, the sixth named storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, left at least five people dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. A Haitian lawmaker said another 30 people may have died in a bus crash blamed on the storm. Forecasters said Fay is expected to near hurricane strength, which starts at wind speeds of 74 miles per hour, when it reaches the Keys later Monday. Aside from wind damage, most of the islands sit at sea level and could face some limited flooding from Fay's storm surge. The exact track is not clear but the storm is expected to hit the Keys and then the western coast of Florida, forecasters said. Anywhere from 4 to 10 inches of rain are possible, so flooding is a threat even far from where the center comes ashore, said Stacy Stewart, a senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center.
