Tropical Storm Chantal has officially formed in the Atlantic Ocean this Saturday morning, becoming the third named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm, which evolved from a zone on AccuWeather meteorologists' radar since mid-June ...

After Tropical Storm Chantal made landfall in South Carolina over the Fourth of July weekend bringing flash flooding to central North Carolina, the tropics are now quiet. Well, sort of.

Located about 150 miles south-southeast of the Charleston, South Carolina, Chantal was producing sustained winds of 40 mph and moving north toward the coast leading to a Tropical Storm warning as of 8 a.m., according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical cyclones typically drop large amounts of rain along and near the storm's path. The slower and more significant the storm’s size, the higher the likelihood of higher rainfall totals. Some storms can drop well over 30 inches of rainfall, like when Hurricane Harvey dropped over 60 inches near Nederland, Texas, in 2017.

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring Invest 93L off Florida. Chances for development stand at 40% over the next 48 hours.

Multiple factors both in the atmosphere and ocean determine whether a tropical storm or hurricane will gain strength, hold steady or weaken throughout its journey.

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