The New York Times ’ latest hurricane report says Tropical Storm Kirk formed near the Cape Verde Islands. Kirk is expected to strengthen into a hurricane this week.
Tropical Storm Kirk formed on September 30, becoming the 11th storm of the Atlantic hurricane season and the fourth storm in the past week, following Hurricane Helene.
Hurricane Kirk is forecast to strengthen to Category 4 this week. Photo: Fox Weather/Lao Dong
Hurricane Kirk is still far out in the Atlantic Ocean, but forecasters at the US National Hurricane Center predict the latest storm could strengthen into a severe hurricane in the next few days.
Hurricane Kirk has the potential to become a large and intense hurricane, possibly a Category 4, by the end of the week, hurricane forecaster Judson Jones told the New York Times . Kirk is expected to remain a Category 4 hurricane for several days. However, the latest storm in the Atlantic is not a threat to land in the near future.
Forecasted path of Hurricane Kirk. Photo: Fox Weather/Lao Dong
According to the latest hurricane report from USA Today , forecasters at the US National Hurricane Center are tracking five separate systems in the Atlantic, including newly formed Tropical Storm Kirk. However, only one of the five storms or depressions has the potential to actually impact the US mainland, especially the Southeast.
The storm system that could impact weather in the United States is located in the Caribbean Sea, the hurricane center said. A “broad area of low pressure” over the ocean is producing showers and thunderstorms. Conditions are favorable for the system to strengthen. It is expected to become a tropical depression in the next few days as it moves south in the Gulf of Mexico or northwest in the Caribbean.
This low pressure will strengthen more slowly than expected, with the possibility of strengthening in the second half of this week, according to the center's forecast on the morning of September 30. The center said that this low pressure has a 40% chance of strengthening into a tropical depression in the next 7 days.
AccuWeather forecasters say the biggest threat from this tropical depression is heavy rain, with rainfall potential across much of Florida.
Hurricane Kirk has maximum sustained winds of nearly 72 km/h with higher gusts and is "expected to gradually strengthen" into a hurricane on the night of October 1 or October 2.
Current hurricane forecast models show Hurricane Kirk heading into the mid-Atlantic, away from the US mainland.
This year's hurricane season was forecast to be an especially fierce one, but there was a lull that lasted through most of August and September.
However, the course of the Atlantic hurricane season changed dramatically last week, when Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida on the night of September 26 with strong winds and devastating force at the intensity of a Category 4 storm.
The devastating Hurricane Helene has killed more than 130 people in the southeastern United States.
Houses destroyed after storm Helene. Photo: AFP/VTV
Deaths from Hurricane Helene have been reported in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. In addition, about 600 people are still missing in the past several days after Hurricane Helene devastated several US states.
President Joe Biden said on September 30 that the US government will support states affected by Hurricane Helene "until the job is done."
Authorities are still struggling to provide water and other necessities to isolated areas affected by floods as millions of people remain without electricity.
A bridge in Black Mountain, North Carolina was washed away by floodwaters. PHOTO: REUTERS/Thanh Nien
President Biden said he would visit North Carolina on October 2 and then Georgia and Florida as soon as possible. He added that he “may have to ask” Congress to convene in a special session to pass additional funding to help those affected by the storm.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper expects the death toll in his state to rise as rescue workers and other forces reach isolated areas hit by blocked roads, destroyed infrastructure and widespread flooding.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, ended her campaign trip to Las Vegas early to attend press conferences about the storm, while Republican Donald Trump traveled to Georgia to learn about the storm's impact.
Minh Hoa (reported by Lao Dong, VTV)
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