Forecasters say PTC Nine could intensify into a tropical storm over the weekend as it tracks through the Bahamas.

For Florida, the bottom line: no direct landfall impacts are expected, but rough seas, rip currents, and dangerous beach conditions will develop early next week.

Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine is forecast to strengthen into Imelda as it moves toward the Carolinas, bringing threats of strong winds, heavy rainfall and coastal flooding early next week. Forecasters warn that impacts could include power outages,

Now, the NHC has the ability to issue tropical cyclone advisories up to 72 hours before the anticipated arrival of storm surge or tropical-storm-force winds on land. This allows for longer lead times when there is a significant risk of wind and storm surge impacts.

Florida's east coast faces dangerous beach conditions and a chance of tropical storm winds from Potential Tropical Cyclone 9.

COLUMBIA — The state is under a state of emergency as a so far-unnamed tropical disturbance potentially heads toward the coast, Gov. Henry McMaster declared Friday. A state of emergency frees up the resources and state employees to prepare for the possibility of landfall, along with allowing state and local authorities to apply for federal […]

The National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. Saturday advisory reported that the potential tropical cyclone is in the Atlantic Ocean, 145 miles northwest of the Eastern Tip of Cuba and 145 miles south of the Central Bahamas. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph, is moving to the northwest at 9 mph.