Tropical Storm Fay Makes Landfall Over Florida Keys (Brian K. Sullivan and Jerry Hart

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(Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Fay made landfall over Key West, Florida, today after killing about a dozen people on its path through the Caribbean.

The storm may hit the state's west coast between Naples and Tampa Bay tomorrow, packing winds of at least 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour. Crude oil fell as the storm is expected to miss oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.

The storm was heading north-northwest at 14 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on its Web site.

``Late tonight or tomorrow we should see it strengthen to hurricane status,'' said Jim Rouiller, a senior energy meteorologist with Planalytics Inc. in Wayne, Pennsylvania.