Activity in the tropics this year and last seems to have come in bursts. And both years saw an extremely strong early-season hurricane.

A day after the peak of hurricane season, a new tropical disturbance has popped up in the eastern Atlantic. Is it headed toward North Carolina?

The National Hurricane Center designated a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic as Invest 91L, Thursday afternoon, Sept. 4.

Atlantic hurricane season, meaning that historically it's the day with the highest probability of finding a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin. Yet here we are and things are strangely quiet in the tropics.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave off the coast of Africa. Will it impact North Carolina? See location