A new storm – as yet unnamed – is forming in the southeastern Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center ( NHC, in English).
This new system comes a week after Hurricane Ian left Florida and Cuba in its wake as it made landfall as a Category 4 cyclone.
According to the NHC, the system was located on Wednesday in the Windward Islands and is on the threshold of becoming a tropical depression.
The agency assures that there is 80% that it will become a tropical storm.
Satellite image showing the system as it passes over the Windward Islands and north of Venezuela. National Hurricane Center
The agency also reported that this storm does not yet have a defined center: "Although it
is producing a wide area of showers and thunderstorms
over the southern Windward Islands and adjacent waters."
The system is forecast to move generally westward near the northern coast of South America, which is where the NHC says it may develop into a tropical storm later this week.
Northern Venezuela is already experiencing some rain as is Trinidad and Tobago.
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According to The Washington Post, the storm has closed circulation winds, which means that they rotate but do not make a complete circle, something that weakens their strength.
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The hurricane season has furiously hit the Caribbean and Florida, where Hurricane Ian has left at least 87 dead and completely destroyed areas, especially in areas such as Fort Myers.
It also hit Cuba causing a total blackout.
In Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, Category 1 Hurricane Fiona left destruction in its wake, causing flooding, destroyed homes and chaos in the electrical power system, in the case of Puerto Rico.
If this system gains hurricane strength it would be named Julia, according to the NHC.
It is expected that between Sunday and Monday it will reach Nicaragua with rainfall that could cause 12 and 24 inches of water.