Hurricane Priscilla has intensified into a Category 2 storm off the west coast of Mexico and is forecast to bring heavy rains and gusty winds to Baja California Sur.

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said Tropical Storm Jerry had formed in the Atlantic with a forecast it will intensify into a hurricane that could threaten the Caribbean.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking a tropical system in the central Atlantic that has a high probability of becoming a tropical depression within the next week. Environmental conditions appear favorable for development, with forecasters giving the system a 70% chance of formation within 48 hours and an 80% chance within seven days.

Bastian, a 7-year-old dog rescued from Hurricane Florence floodwaters, has been named People magazine's World's Cutest Rescue Dog.

Forecasts for early October indicate that there's almost certainly more activity to come. On Oct. 2, two new potential storms were developing.

Hurricane forecasters highlighted two new disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday morning, including a potential area of low pressure that could bring rain to the Gulf Coast. The low-pressure system could form in the next couple of days near southern Florida, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 7 a.m. Thursday.

Hurricane Imelda is nearly on top of Bermuda as a Category 2 storm that forecasters have warned is expected to bring potentially destructive weather to the British territory.

The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. Thursday update reported that Category 1 Hurricane Imelda is in the Atlantic Ocean, 230 miles east of Bermuda. With maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, the hurricane is moving east-northeast at 30 mph. Imelda is forecast to become an extratropical storm.