Tropical Storm Isaias has formed off eastern Mexico. Forecasters say it is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and hit the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week.

Hurricane Isaias formed so late in the season that it set an Atlantic Ocean record. The Pacific is on a very different track.

Neither storm will threaten land.

Tropical Storm Fay – the 6th named storm of the historically inactive 2026 Atlantic hurricane season – formed quickly over the weekend over the far northeastern Atlantic and made an unexpected run as the season’s first hurricane by Sunday evening.

This well-below-average Atlantic hurricane season that has produced just eight tropical storms and no hurricanes.

A quiet hurricane season in the Atlantic could soon take a turn. A low-pressure trough east-southeast of Bermuda is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, the National Hurricane Center said. The system's seven-day formation odds have increased ...

The Atlantic is quiet — record quiet — this hurricane season thanks to an enormous El Niño that crushes storms before they get going. No Atlantic hurricanes have formed yet this year and none are likely to form for at least another week, even though ...

Be wary of hurricanes that start with the letter “I.” The ninth letter of the alphabet leads all others in the number of named Atlantic storms that have been retired over the decades due to their destruction or high death tolls.