'A tropical depression could form later this week while the system is in the vicinity of the Greater Antilles or the Bahamas,' the NHC said.
Only a few weeks after Hurricane Beryl tore through the Caribbean, Mexico and Texas, another tropical storm may be heading in the same direction, and an expert told Newsweek how climate change has affected hurricane season.The National Hurricane Center is tracking a tropical disturbance in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that could soon turn into a tropical depression in the coming days.
Very few hurricanes usually occur during these early months of the season: only 6 percent of all tropical storms and 2 percent of hurricanes between 1851 and 2022 occurred in June.The formation of thunderstorms and cyclones over the Atlantic has lulled in recent weeks, and may be due to the cloud of Saharan dust that is currently being blown across the ocean towards the Caribbean—this dust has recently been discovered to stunt hurricane formation by blocking out heat from the sun.
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