Officials across South Florida, which has been saturated by rain throughout September, continue to keep an eye on an unnamed weather system gaining strength in the Caribbean.

A tropical storm watch was issued Saturday for parts of the Florida coastline north of West Palm Beach to an area north of Daytona Beach.

But in south Miami-Dade County, city of Homestead Emergency Manager Jaime Hernandez worries about complacency among residents.

“Too many South Floridians who may have experienced limited impacts from storms that came close in recent years, such as Hurricane Irma in 2017, have come away from these events mistakenly believing they have ‘been through the big one,’ " Hernandez said.

He notes that Homestead is one of only four communities in the continental U.S. to experience the cat

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