<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1nzcmZ_0vm0vHwb00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1nzcmZ_0vm0vHwb00" width="1280" height="946" ><figcaption>All attention in the United States was on Tropical Storm Helene on Friday, but there were several other tropical storms in the Atlantic. None of the other systems was an immediate threat to the U.S. National Hurricane Center</figcaption></figure>Tropical Storm Helene was located over Georgia on Friday morning but was still spreading havoc across the Southeast.The extent of the damage from Helene in Florida was unknown on Friday morning. Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds about 10:10 p.m. CDT Thursday near Perry, Fla., in the Big Bend area.Significant flash flooding was ongoing into Georgia and the Carolinas on Friday.The National Hurricane Center was not only monitoring Helene but was tracking another hurricane, Isaac, and a new tropical storm, Joyce. Neither storm was a threat to the U.S.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Today's view of the Atlantic from <a href="https://twitter.com/NOAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NOAA</a>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GOESEast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GOESEast</a> satellite captures Tropical Storm <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Helene?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Helene</a>, Hurricane <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Isaac?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Isaac</a>, and the newly-formed Tropical Storm <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Joyce?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Joyce</a>. Get the latest updates: <a href="https://t.co/ScLdyBac9D">https://t.co/ScLdyBac9D</a><a href="https://t.co/xDeigVXlxj">pic.twitter.com/xDeigVXlxj</a>— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) <a href="https://twitter.com/NOAASatellites/status/1839698817626550743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote>However, forecasters will be watching for a new disturbance to form in the Caribbean and possibly move into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico about a week from now. It’s too soon to say if that disturbance could eventually threaten the U.S.Isaac became the sixth hurricane in the Atlantic this season early this morning. As of Friday morning Isaac was a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds. Isaac is far away in the north-central Atlantic and will likely not threaten any land areas.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1rlfNl_0vm0vHwb00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1rlfNl_0vm0vHwb00" width="1280" height="1050" ><figcaption>Isaac is expected to remain a hurricane for a few days. NHC</figcaption></figure>Then there’s Joyce. The hurricane center said Joyce strengthened to a tropical storm on Friday morning in the central Atlantic.Here’s the forecast track for Joyce, which should stay out in the open Atlantic and away from land:<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2IoRFP_0vm0vHwb00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2IoRFP_0vm0vHwb00" width="1280" height="1050" ><figcaption>Tropical Storm Joyce isn't expected to become a hurricane. NHC</figcaption></figure>Attention could turn back to the Caribbean in a few days, however. The hurricane center said an area of low pressure could form in the western Caribbean Sea by the middle of next week.It is expected to track to the northwest and enter the Gulf of Mexico by the end of next week. It has a 30 percent probability of becoming a tropical depression in the next seven days.And farther to the east, a disturbance could form in the eastern Atlantic by the middle of next week. It has a 20 percent probability of becoming a depression in the next week.</div></body>

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Besides Helene, the tropics are busy

Tropical Storm Helene was located over Georgia on Friday morning but was still spreading havoc across the Southeast. The extent of the damage from Helene in Florida was unknown on Friday morning. Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds about 10:10 p.m. CDT Thursday near Perry, Fla., in the Big Bend area.

Besides Helene, the tropics are busy

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