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Projected path of Tropical Storm Fay
Visitors of the Florida Keys began evacuating early Sunday as Tropical Storm Fay prompted forecasters to issue a hurricane watch for the area.
Emergency officials asked visitors to evacuate the chain of islands starting at 8 a.m. as the storm neared Cuba.
Key West Mayor Morgan McPherson said as many as 25,000 visitors could be leaving.
Fay could be near hurricane strength when it reaches central Cuba on Sunday night, according to the 8 a.m. ET advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
Fay, with maximum sustained winds of near 50 mph (80 km/hr) and higher gusts, was heading west-northwest about 12…
