This means it is expected to impact land within the next 48 hours, and even though it hasn’t fully developed yet, advisories need to be put in place so people can start preparing for impacts.

With just over two weeks left of the six-month-long hurricane season, a tropical cyclone is building the western Caribbean.

A new tropical threat is taking shape in the western Caribbean and will likely become the 18th named storm of the busy Atlantic hurricane season, forecasts show.