For a third day, evacuations and shut-ins continue to add up as the Gulf of Mexico's offshore E&P industry braces for Tropical Storm Hermine, which became a named storm after its winds reached 39 mph.

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The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Depression No. 8 off the coast of the Carolinas is expected to become a tropical storm as it turns toward the middle of the Atlantic. And, Hurricane Gaston continues to churn away in the central Atlantic as it slowly drifts to the northeast with top winds of 120 mph. The center said TS Hermine is about 415 miles to the west-southwest of Key West, Florida, moving to the west at 2 mph.