Forecasters are monitoring the potential first tropical cyclone of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, saying it could develop into a fully formed storm by Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center issued a preliminary weather advisory for the system, currently a tropical disturbance called Potential Tropical Cyclone One, on Tuesday morning. It
Forecasters are monitoring the potential first tropical cyclone of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, saying it could develop into a fully formed storm by Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center issued a preliminary weather advisory for the system, currently a tropical disturbance called Potential Tropical Cyclone One, on Tuesday morning. It came as record rainfall and life-threatening flash floods continued to drench parts of the South, where communities braced for up to 7 or 8 inches of additional rain throughout the rest of the week. Potential Tropical Cyclone One was located in the western Gulf as of Tuesday evening. It was located about 25 miles southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. It was traveling northeast at 6 mph, with winds of 30 mph, below the
