A disturbance in the Caribbean will likely become the latest tropical depression or storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center said Wednesday that a broad area of low pressure in the central Caribbean Sea continues to ...

A broad area of low pressure is expected to form in the western Caribbean Sea over the next several days. Disorganized storms could become better organized in a tropical environment that is likely to support gradual development. A tropical depression may form by this weekend while moving slowly westward.

Even so, the threat of a strong tropical storm this time of year is a rare and gloomy event for Florida residents as the peak of hurricane season runs from early August through mid-September. The season ends Nov. 30.