Storm Karen heading for US ‘could turn into hurricane’
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is still underway, and experts are warning of a weather system that is developing off the US East coast that could turn into a tropical storm in the next few days. The threat comes just after hurricanes Humberto and Imedla, which impacted Bermuda early last week before making its way to northwestern Europe. Now, a tropical rainstorm could bring ‘prolonged coastal flooding’ to the entire East Coast, from southern Florida to New England (Picture: Getty)
According to AccuWeather, the next two storm names on the Atlantic list are Jerry and Karen, and they appear to be mere days or hours away from forming, with a chance of impacting the land this week. AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dan Pydynowski said: ‘A cluster of showers and thunderstorms in the eastern Atlantic is gradually becoming better organized and has been designated as a Tropical Rainstorm and Invest 95L by the National Hurricane Center. It is likely that the rainstorm will organize into a tropical storm, or even a hurricane, later this week’ (Picture: Getty)
It is thought that Jerry will form further away from the US but as for Karen, forecasters have predicted that North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland are expected to get heavy rainfall between Friday and Saturday. However, the storm will need to start forming first, as a cold front, expected to bring heavy rain to the East Coast late Tuesday into Wednesday, will meet warm, moist air over the Southeast and this will help form the storms development (Picture: Getty)
This will lead to a mix of tropical and non-tropical characteristics, making it into a hybrid type of storm. AccuWeather experts say this looming storm is likely to bring beach erosion, rough surf, and dangerous rip currents to millions along the East Coast. But it is too early to know where exactly the storm will strike, and forecasters said that one path could take it towards Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the New England states by Sunday (Picture: Getty)
AccuWeather lead hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said: ‘The Carolina coastline will be of particular concern. Areas of the Outer Banks that lost several beach houses to rough surf last week could face another round of beach erosion and rough surf from this coastal storm.’ But exactly how close the tropical rainstorm ends up to the East Coast beaches will depend on the timing and strength of other nearby weather features (Picture: Getty)
DaSilva added: ‘The tropical wind and rainstorm is expected to form over the Gulf Stream off the Southeast coast Friday or over the weekend. This additional heat and energy from the warm ocean current can allow the rainstorm to strengthen further’, and this will increase the risk of the hurricane making landfall in the US (Picture: Getty)
Currently, National Hurricane Center has only been tracking the development of the tropical wave known as Invest 95L, which has a 90% chance of becoming Jerry by Thursday, MailOnline reports. However, that storm is expected to turn away from the US once it reaches the Caribbean this week. The Center has also not issued any alerts for a storm named Karen, but officials have previously warned that these weather events can form quickly and with little warning (Picture: Getty)
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