* Story Highlights
    * Florida governor issues state of emergency for Hanna
    * Ike, Josephine in line behind Hanna in Atlantic
    * Ten Haitians reported killed by Hanna, AP says
    * At least one death in Puerto Rico attributed to Hanna, AP reports

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Hanna, the first of three
tropical storms lined up across the Atlantic, was expected to make
landfall somewhere from Florida to North Carolina before Friday evening,
forecasters said.

Hanna could come ashore as a Category 1 hurricane, with winds of 80 to
85 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency Tuesday to get
the state ready for Hanna, The Associated Press reported. Florida could
get flash floods and wind gusts of up to 111 mph, he said.

At 8 p.m. ET, Hanna was 65 miles (105 kilometers) southeast of Great
Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the hurricane center said. It was moving
slowly toward the east but was expected to strengthen and move to toward
the northwest on Wednesday. Video Watch what Florida is doing to prepare »

Hanna's maximum sustained winds were 65 mph (100 kph).

Following Hanna is Tropical Storm Ike, which formed Monday, and is
forecast to cross into the Caribbean as a hurricane on Saturday or
Sunday. Ike is heading toward the Caribbean at 17 mph with top wind
speeds of 65 mph, the hurricane center said at 5 p.m. ET. Video Watch
how the storms pose a triple threat »

Ike is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane Tuesday and could strike
the Turks and Caicos islands just south of the Bahamas by Sunday.
iReport.com: Watch Hanna lash Turks and Caicos Islands

Behind Ike is Tropical Storm Josephine, which formed Tuesday with top
winds near 50 mph, the hurricane center said at 5 p.m. ET. Josephine is
about 125 miles (205 kilometers) southwest of the southernmost Cape
Verde Islands off the coast of western Africa.

It is moving west-northwest near 14 mph and is expected to be near
hurricane strength on Wednesday or Thursday -- although the storm will
still be far from landfall.

Hanna caused severe flooding in Haiti's port city of Gonaives, and
rescue efforts have been hampered because of flooded bridges and roads,
some of which were already washed out by Hurricane Gustav last week, a
local official said.

Authorities said the storm killed 10 people in Haiti, The Associated
Press reported.

Two university students were swept away by flowing water in Puerto Rico,
and at least one of them was killed, according to AP.

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