It's too early to tell whether Florida could feel any impacts from the two disturbances out there, although Invest 96L is the one to watch closely.

After a historically slow start – the slowest in almost 40 years by overall tropical activity – the Atlantic hurricane season will make another attempt to jump start its engine this week, first with a disturbance in the central subtropical Atlantic and then later this week with a strong disturbance rolling westward through the main development region of the deep tropics between Africa and the Caribbean.

What the latest forecast says.

As hurricane season enters its busiest stretch, forecasters weigh conflicting model guidance for a system that could organize over the Atlantic.

Tropical Depression Moke is passing well south of Hawaii after weakening Sunday evening, but flooding rainfall is still possible on Monday.

Nine years after Hurricane Harvey devastated the Coastal Bend, new forecasting tools can help predict rapid intensification — but experts warn another major storm will come.

Heavy tropical rainfall can overwhelm creeks, drainage systems, and low-lying roads, causing life-threatening flash flooding far from the coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. Flooding is often the greatest threat to inland residents.

It's rare for August to pass by without a hurricane forming in the Atlantic, but it may be possible with the current setup.

When the Pacific is overly active with tropical cyclones like Lala, the Atlantic typically remains quiet. That has been the case so far this hurricane season, with more activity in the Pacific and less in the Atlantic — but in the public imagination, one major storm can upset that relative quiet.

In the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina's 21st anniversary, an event was held in Downtown New Orleans commemorating the occasion.