Tropical Storm Laura formed in the Atlantic Friday and is forecast to impact the United States as a hurricane early next week.
Two tropical storms are brewing in the Atlantic Ocean right now — Tropical Storm Laura and Tropical Storm Marco. Tropical Storm Laura will bring heavy rain into Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Sea that could prompt flash flooding and mudslides. One model — which is an outlier — has the tropical storm strengthen to a Category 4 Hurricane. Other models have Tropical Storm Laura strengthen to a Category 1 storm. Even though there is still a lot of uncertainty with the storm, we expect it to strengthen on Tuesday over the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall. Saturday morning, Tropical Storm Laura was 110 miles from San Juan, Puerto Rico, moving at 21 mph. Tropical Storm Laura is forecast to impact the United States, possibly as a hurricane, sometime next week. Tropical Storm Marco, which formed Friday night, is expected to strength over the Caribbean throughout Saturday and inch closer to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
