Gulf coast braced for two tropical storms in 24 hours next week – for the first time in 60 years

Two tropical depressions could hit the US gulf coast, possibly as hurricanes, in the same 24-hour period next week, for the first time in six decades.The first weather system – which meteorologists have labelled Tropical Depression Thirteen (TD-13) – was about 305 miles (490 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands early on Friday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph).