Tropical storms and hurricanes are known to be destructive, even deadly, in North Carolina from the coast to the low-lying areas along our rivers and even as far inland as Raleigh and Durham.

Every North Carolina resident and visitor should be weather aware – tracking the tropics for what is coming and preparing your home and family to weather any storm.

Hurricane season runs from June 1 and ends Nov. 30.

What's active in the tropics?

Hurricane season builds to a peak as August turns to September.

WRAL meteorologists are tracking one area off the west coast of Africa.

As of the 5 p.m. advisory on Friday, it has a 60% chance of development as it approaches the Caribbean over the next seven days. It could become a tropical depression by the weekend.

The storm will track across the Atl

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