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Escambia County, Pensacola officials preparing for Tropical Storm Bertha

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- The center of Tropical Storm Bertha is forecast to slide by Northwest Florida to our south. But county and city officials have spent the day preparing for every scenario. The main threat right now will be along the beaches. The surf conditions have already warranted an upgrade to the beach warning flags. The day started at a yellow flag and upgraded to a single red already. Officials anticipate it to be upgraded to double red flags. Pensacola Beach lifeguards spoke with beachgoers all day, warning them about the dangers. _________________________________________ Follow WCYB on social media: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@news5wcyb Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/news5wcyb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/news5wcyb Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/news5wcyb/ Have a tip? Email us at [email protected] Have a video or photo you want to share? Upload it to https://wcyb.com/chimein WCYB is a Virginia-based station and NBC and FOX Television affiliate, and WEMT is a Tennessee-based station and ROAR affiliate, owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.7% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates. #wcyb #tricities #localnews #news5wcyb #virginia #bristol #virginianews