If you live along the Atlantic coast, you need to be aware that Tropical Storm Hanna is headed your way and it's packing "very heavy rainfall" that could make the weekend a wet one in the mid-Atlantic and New England states, CNN is reporting.
CNN also says forecasters are watching two other storm systems in the Atlantic — the "small but impressive" Hurricane Ike, which could arrive in southern Florida early next week, and Tropical Storm Josephine, which is so far out in the Atlantic right now that it's impossible for forecasters to make any predictions about when or even whether it will make landfall.
Even though it is a tropical storm and not a hurricane, it would not be wise to take Hanna lightly. The storm killed more than 100 people when it went through Haiti earlier.
In Charleston, S.C., the Post & Courier reports that area residents are bracing for wind and rain this weekend.
Voluntary evacuations are being recommended. "If you’re making plans to evacuate it’s important to make those decisions now — the sooner, the better," a Charleston County councilman said.
We're in the heart of hurricane season right now, so we can expect to hear more about these storms in the weeks to come.
Typically, the hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, and the statistical peak for hurricane activity is September 10.
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