Tropical Depression Emily moving out over the Atlantic

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MIAMI (AP) Tropical Depression Emily is rumbling further out into the Atlantic, a day after slogging across the Florida peninsula.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says remnants of the brief-lived tropical storm have maximum sustained winds near 35 mph as the system moves further away from Florida.

The depression was centered at 5 p.m. Tuesday about 220 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and moving to the northeast at 15 mph.

Areas of flooding persist in Southwest Florida. Cars hydroplaned on roads and standing water could be found on Davis Boulevard and Airport-Pulling Road near Naples, and on hard-hit Washington Avenue on Fort Myers Beach.

Forecasters say the poorly organized storm is expected to track well away from the Eastern seaboard in coming days. The Miami-based hurricane center says some slight strengthening is possible during the day though Emily is expected to stop being a tropical system within a day or two.

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