Another travel-disrupting storm could be forming. August and September are usually when the hurricane
season heats up in the Atlantic basin.
Now comes word
that the National Hurricane Center is tracking a disturbance that could
form into a bigger storm and affect the United States and the
Caribbean.
The agency said the storm has potential and could become
Hurricane Debra. It could develop as early as this coming week, said
the National Hurricane Center. But a phenomenon, known as Saharan Dust, could
impede that.
"If that system is able to survive the hostile
conditions as it continues westward, it may encounter more favorable conditions
for tropical development near the Caribbean or the Gulf of Mexico around the
start of August," AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said
in a statement.
Said National Hurricane Center Deputy Director Jamie
Rhome: "If a system is near land and there is potential for development,
the National Hurricane Center won't wait before it issues advisories, even if
the system hasn't become an actual storm. This gives residents time to prepare."
Hurricane Ian devastated Southwest Florida and
crippled air traffic a little less than two years ago
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