A tropical storm watch was issued for the west coast of Florida south of the center of Longboat Key and the east coast of the Florida peninsula south of the Volusia/Brevard County line, as well as parts of Cuba.

On Thursday evening, the area was about 125 km northwest of Cozumel, with maximum winds of about 55 km/h. It was moving north at about 5 mph (7 kph).

It comes after Hurricane Agatha in the Pacific Ocean killed at least nine people and left six missing in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca, where it struck Monday, causing flooding and landslides.

Agatha was the strongest hurricane since records were set to make landfall in the eastern Pacific Ocean in May.