Tropical Storm Fred was a strong tropical storm which affected much of the Greater Antilles and the Southeastern United States in August 2021. The sixth tropical depression and sixth tropical storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. It began on August 4 and was listed as a potential tropical cyclone by August 9.[1]
By August 11, it became a tropical storm and was named Fred. It was heading just south of Puerto Rico, shortly before hitting the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola later that day.[2] Fred continued towards the Florida Panhandle before making landfall late on August 16 and moving into the state of Georgia.
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