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Meteorologists are now tracking two MORE tropical storms over the Atlantic as Hurricane Milton heads toward Florida.

Meteorologists are now tracking two more storms in the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Milton heads toward Florida.

Hurricane Leslie was upgraded to Category 1 Wednesday evening after gaining strength in the east-eastern Caribbean.

Meanwhile, another tropical low pressure system may soon be called Nadine if it develops enough wind speed.

The two come as Hurricane Milton is hours away from Florida and a week after Helene left the path of destruction in North Carolina.

No storm is expected to hit the US mainland.

Meteorologists are currently tracking two other tropical storms in the Atlantic, 93L and Hurricane Leslie. The two come as Hurricane Milton is far from hitting Florida

Nadine would mark the 14th hurricane of the 2024 hurricane season.

The NHC is keeping a close eye on potential tropical storm Invest 93L, which brought rain and barrel-like winds to the region, and Hurricane Leslie moving up through Europe.

“Of the three, Milton is the most dangerous and will be the most dangerous,” Accuweather meteorologist Tom Kines told DailyMail.com.

Invest 93L is a non-tropical low pressure area located 650 km off the east coast of Florida in a northeast to east-northeast direction.

The FOX Forecast Center said that the showers along the Florida coast produced by Invest 93L are the area to watch.

‘As it moves north and north-east, it is unlikely to gain strength but we are looking close to the south-east coast,’ the meteorologists explained.

Kines said the system’s wind and pressure would need to change significantly to affect the East Coast, but change is unlikely.

“I don’t want to say it’s a zero percent chance,” Kines said.

But because, you know, Mother Nature, she has ways of throwing us curve balls. It’s unexpected, but I don’t see it.’

The potential storm is approaching 650 kilometers off the coast of Florida, which may soon be named Nadine.

The potential storm is approaching 650 kilometers off the coast of Florida, which may soon be named Nadine.

A potential tropical cyclone is labeled ‘invest’ because it is a weather system monitored by the tropical cyclone forecast center for tropical cyclone development.

And ‘L’ indicates that it is a low pressure system.

But Invest 93L could become Tropical Storm Nadine today and is moving just 15 miles per hour as it leaves Florida.

Leslie is currently 1,015 kilometers east-east of the Northern Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h while moving 10 km/h to the northwest.

Leslie was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane

Leslie was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane

“Further strengthening is possible today and tonight, followed by weakening through next week,” the NHC shared in a statement.

When Kines realizes that ‘Nadine’ and Leslie are not points, Milton is on his way to hit Florida.

The storm has sustained winds of up to 155 miles per hour and is currently centered about 250 miles southwest of Tampa, moving northeast at 16 mph.

Forecasters predicted that Milton could inundate Florida with a storm surge of 15 feet, winds of 155 miles per hour and up to 18 inches of rain.

‘Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record in west-central Florida,’ the NHC said on Wednesday.

The incoming storm has caused the biggest evacuation effort since Hurricane Irma struck the country in 2017, and 5.5 million people have been urged to leave the west coast of Florida as soon as possible.

Hurricane Milton comes as Floridians are still recovering from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene, which made landfall near Florida’s Gulf Coast before moving north, causing widespread damage across the southeastern US.

Helene killed at least 225 people, 19 of them in Florida. Hundreds of victims are still missing.

‘Unfortunately, some of the victims of Helene are in the path of this storm,’ Governor Ron DeSantis said at a press conference on Monday.

“Most homeowners are in recovery mode,” Florida State meteorologist David Zierden previously told DailyMail.com.

He added: ‘Maybe they didn’t have the time or the resources to prepare for this the way they used to.

This could exacerbate the damage of this incoming storm, especially as debris from Helene is swept up by the storm surge from Milton, Zierden said.

More than 12,000 cubic meters of debris were removed from Helene-affected areas of Florida in less than two days, officials said.

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