Hurricane forecasters highlighted two new disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday morning, including a potential area of low pressure that could bring rain to the Gulf Coast. The low-pressure system could form in the next couple of days near southern Florida, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 7 a.m. Thursday.

After nine consecutive years with at least one major hurricane landfall on the Gulf Coast, in 2025 is hurricane season cancelled?

This is a reminder of how lucky we've been so far in 2025. One year ago, Milton rapidly intensified into a record-tying strong Gulf hurricane before it struck Florida two days later.

Michael Lowry, a Miami-based hurricane specialist, said La Niña tends to bring its greatest impacts to the western half of the Atlantic, including the Gulf and Caribbean Sea. He said those regions are already seeing the lessened wind shear and other conditions characteristic of La Niña.

From Mitch and Sandy to Wilma and Hazel, deadly and destructive October hurricanes have left their mark over the decades.

Priscilla has lost hurricane strength as it churns off Mexico's western Pacific coast ever closer to the Baja California peninsula