Tropical Storm Andrea ready to pummel Florida with intense rain

Tropical Storm Andrea is set to wallop Florida with torrential rain as it prepares to make landfall Thursday. The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season made its debut Wednesday by pummeling Cuba with heavy downpours. As of 5 a.m. ET Thursday, Andrea was 220 miles west-southwest of Tampa, Florida, and was headed north-northeast at 13 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.