Fausto was a tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean early Monday Hawaii time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.

A tropical storm swirling in the US Gulf is expected to bring heavy rainfall and a "life-threatening storm surge" to the south-east of the country, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

The slow-moving storm has been drifting erratically, but is expected to stay near or along the northern Gulf coast early this week, bringing heavy rainfall to areas of northern Florida, Alabama, Missi...