The disturbance is forecast to become a hurricane Wednesday and will strengthen as it crosses the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Tropical Storm Helene is forecast to rapidly intensify into a Category 3 hurricane and strike the Gulf Coast this week as a ...
Visible by satellite, the loop current is the rush of hot Caribbean water that pushes into the Gulf between Cuba and Mexico.
A storm system could soon become Hurricane Helene, and strike Florida later this week with winds as high as 115 mph.