The National Hurricane Center said July 15 it is continuing to track a system off the coast of Florida that could soon become a tropical depression.

A disorganized low-pressure area off Florida is showing increasing chances of becoming a tropical depression or tropical storm this week.

A tropical storm may form this week, bringing risks of flash flooding and strong thunderstorms from Florida to Louisiana.

The National Hurricane Center thinks a tropical depression could form in the Gulf in a few days. Forecasters continued to track an area of low pressure that was in the western Atlantic Ocean just east of the Florida peninsula on Tuesday. It is expected to move westward, across the Sunshine State, and into the Gulf by Wednesday.

A disturbance near the Florida coast has a 30 percent chance of turning into a cyclone this week, says the National Hurricane Center.

Nari was a tropical storm in the North Pacific Ocean late Monday Japan time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. Typhoon season is year-round; however, most typhoons form from early July through mid-December.

Tropical cyclones hundreds of kilometers away from the Philippines are often more responsible for heavy rainfall than those that hit the country directly during the annual "Habagat" or southwest monsoon season from July to September,

Heavy rainfall is more likely to be caused by tropical cyclones that do not make landfall than by those that do during the peak Southwest Monsoon (Habagat) season from July to September, according to a new study.

A tropical system is expected to drench parts of Florida and the Gulf Coast this week, bringing flooding downpours, gusty winds, and the risk of coastal storm surge. AccuWeather forecasters say the system,