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Tropical Depression 13 formed in the eastern Atlantic on Wednesday, Oct. 2 becoming Tropical Storm Leslie on Thursday, Oct. 3. It was the twelfth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and the eighth hurricane. 

Tropical Depression 13 formed in the eastern Atlantic on Wednesday, Oct. 2 becoming Tropical Storm Leslie on Thursday, Oct. 3. It was the twelfth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and the eighth hurricane. 

Despite following in Hurricane Kirk’s wake, Leslie was able to strengthen into a hurricane on Oct. 5. It remained a Category 1 hurricane for several days before weakening to a tropical storm on the morning of Oct. 8. 

It looked as though Leslie would weaken and soon dissipate but as Leslie moved northwest it traveled over warmer water and on the night of Oct. 8, it strengthened back into a hurricane, even becoming a Category 2 hurricane early on Oct. 10. 

By the next morning, however, Leslie moved north into a hostile sheared environment and was weakened to a tropical storm before dissipating shortly after. Leslie made no impact on land throughout its life cycle. 

Here’s a look at the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far.

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Tropical Storm Kirk formed in the eastern Atlantic on Sunday, Sept. 29, becoming a tropical storm on Monday, Sept. 30. It was the eleventh named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and the seventh hurricane of the season. 

Kirk formed in the eastern Atlantic on Sunday, Sept. 29, becoming a tropical storm on Monday, Sept. 30. It was the eleventh named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.

By Tuesday, Oct. 1, Kirk strengthened into a hurricane, making it the seventh hurricane of the 2024 season. 

On the morning of Friday, Oct. 4, Kirk reached peak intensity with winds of 145 mph, making it the third major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) of the season. By the evening, it had weakened and winds decreased.

Kirk moved north into colder waters, causing it to weaken and become extratropical as it accelerated off to the northeast on Oct. 7. Extratropical cyclone Kirk passed north of the Azores before the remnants arrived along the coast of France and western Europe. 

Although Kirk never made landfall as a tropical system, high surf was reported along the east coast when Kirk was a hurricane and as a remnant low, the storm brought heavy rain and flooding, and gusty winds to parts of Spain, France and Portugal. Mudslides were even reported in the city of Galicia, Spain. 

Here’s a look at the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far.

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Tropical Depression 14 formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday morning, but was quickly upgraded to Tropical Storm Milton shortly after.

Milton was upgraded to a Tropical Storm about two hours after it was designated as a tropical depression. 

Not much has changed with Milton except the minor strengthening to tropical-storm stateus. It has maximum winds of 40 mph and is moving north northeast at 3 mph. 

The track won’t be identical to Helene, but regardless of intensity, heavy rain, wind and storm surge is forecasted for the Florida peninsula next week. 

Here’s a look at the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far.

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Joyce formed in the eastern tropical Atlantic early on Sept. 26. It was the ninth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season and the sixth hurricane.

Joyce formed from an African Easterly Wave, a disturbance that moved off the coast of west Africa. It formed in the eastern tropical Atlantic early on Sept. 26, becoming a tropical storm on Sept. 27 with winds of 50 mph. 

50 mph would be its peak intensity as it began to weaken, becoming a tropical depression on Sept. 29. It was downgraded to a remnant low by Oct. 1.

Here’s a look at the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far.

Our team of meteorologists dives deep into the science of weather and breaks down timely weather data and information. To view more weather and climate stories, check out our weather blogs section.

Tropical Storm Isaac has formed in the north-central Atlantic Ocean.

Isaac formed in the north-central Atlantic on Wednesday, Sept. 25. It’s the ninth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season .

Isaac has winds of 50 mph and is located about 750 miles east northeast of Bermuda. It is forecasted to become a hurricane by late Friday or early Saturday. 

It will pass north of the Azores by late weekend or early next week and does not pose any risk to land. 

Here’s a look at the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far.

Our team of meteorologists dives deep into the science of weather and breaks down timely weather data and information. To view more weather and climate stories, check out our weather blogs section.