The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is underway and lasts until Nov. 30. You can check here for hurricane season updates.
For the latest tropical development updates, you can check here.
NOAA predicts above normal activity across the Atlantic basin this year. It's primarily because of record warm sea surface temperatures across the Atlantic and the expected return of La Nina conditions this summer, both being contributors to tropical activity.
Here are the names that are being used in 2024. This list, excluding any names that get retired, will be re-used in 2030.
You can learn more about 2024's list of names here.
Here are this season's tropical tracks so far.
Alberto was the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed in the western Gulf of Mexico on June 19, becoming a tropical storm.
It made landfall in northeastern Mexico on June 20 with max winds of 45 mph, bringing heavy rain, coastal flooding and wind impacts to northern Mexico and South Texas. It dissipated quickly later that day.
Beryl was an early season, record-breaking storm that made three landfalls and strengthened into the earliest Category 5 storm in the Atlantic on record during its lifespan.
Beryl formed on Friday, June 28, becoming the second named storm of the year. It first became a hurricane on Saturday, June 29, and on Sunday, June 30, it became the earliest Atlantic Category 4 storm on record.
It was the earliest major hurricane (Category 3+) to form in the Atlantic basin since 1966, and the third earliest major hurricane to form on record.
It made its first of three landfalls on Carriacou Island in Grenada on Monday, July 1, as a strong Category 4 with max winds of 150 mph. It was the earliest Category 4 storm to make landfall in the Atlantic basin on record.
Beryl moved back over the southeastern Caribbean Sea and continued to strengthen into a Category 5 hurricane. It became the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, breaking the prior record held by Hurricane Emily in 2005 by two weeks. Beryl was also the strongest July Atlantic hurricane on record.
It brushed past the south of Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands as a major hurricane before making its second landfall just northeast of Tulum on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. It moved inland on the morning of July 5, as a Category 2 hurricane with max winds of 110 mph.
Its third and final landfall was near Matagorda, Texas, on July 8, as a Category 1 hurricane with max winds of 80 mph.
Chris formed on late Sunday, June 30, becoming the third named storm of the season. It made landfall near Lechuguillas in the Mexican state of Veracruz early in the morning on Monday, July 1, bringing heavy rainfall to eastern Mexico.
It was short-lived, dissipating shortly after making landfall and just over 12 hours after becoming a named storm.
Debby was the fourth named storm and the second hurricane to make landfall during 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. It made two landfalls and brought heavy rainfall, widespread flooding and severe weather across the eastern U.S.
It formed into a tropical storm on Saturday, Aug. 3 after moving into the Gulf of Mexico, and became a hurricane on Sunday, Aug. 4. Debby was the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
The storm moved north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rain and flooding to Florida’s Gulf Coast, eventually making landfall near Steinhatchee, Fla., early on Monday, Aug. 5 as a Category 1 hurricane.
Debby slowly pushed inland across north Florida and southern Georgia, weakening back into a tropical storm before pushing offshore into the western Atlantic.
The storm stayed off the coast of South Carolina for over a day as it slowly moved under weak steering currents. While sitting offshore, it brought flooding rainfall to the coastal southeast and strong winds to the coast, from Georgia across the Carolinas.
Tropical Storm Debby made a second landfall early on the morning of Thursday, Aug. 8, near Bulls Bay, S.C.
Rainfall totals in Georgia and the Carolinas piled up as Debby slowly moved inland after its second landfall, bringing widepsread flooding. Summerville, S.C. received more than 18 inches of rainfall, with a handful of other places getting over a foot of rainfall from Debby.
Debby eventually weakened into a tropical depression later on Aug. 8, the same day it made its second landfall in South Carolina.
Ernesto was the fifth named storm of the 2024 hurricane season. Ernesto formed in the western Atlantic Ocean, becoming a tropical storm on Monday, Aug. 12, and became a hurricane on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
Ernesto moved through the eastern Caribbean, bringing widespread, heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding and mudslides across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
It moved back into the western Atlantic and strengthened as it moved toward Bermuda, eventually becoming a Category 2 storm. It weakened before landfall, moving over Bermuda on Aug. 17, as a Category 1 hurricane.
Francine formed into a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, Sept. 9, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. It became a hurricane on Tuesday, Sept. 10. It slowly strengthened as it moved northeast in the Gulf, eventually becoming a Category 2 hurricane before moving inland.
Francine made landfall on Wednesday, Sept. 11, in Terrebonne Parish, La, as a Category 2 storm with maximum winds of 100 mph. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport reported a wind gust of 78 mph Wednesday night and 7.32 inches of rain in 24 hours.
At the storm's peak, 450,000 people in Louisiana were estimated to be without power. Many of the outages were attributed to falling debris, not structural damage. At one point, around 500 people were in emergency shelters, officials said.
It moved inland Wednesday night and by Thursday morning, Sept. 12 it had weakened to a tropical storm. By the afternoon it became post-tropical, but continued to spin rain along the Deep South.
The remnant low brought rain as far north as the drought-stricken Mid-Mississippi River Valley and Tennessee Valley.
Gordon formed into a tropical storm in the central Atlantic on Friday, Sept. 13. It became the seventh named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
After forming, Gordon battled some wind shear and nearby dry air throughout its lifespan, preventing any significant development or strengthening. It lasted a few days before being downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday, Sept. 15.
Gordon continued to slowly drift west across the open Atlantic, eventually dissipating on Tuesday, Sept. 17. It didn't affect any land.
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