FOX WEATHER BREAKING

Tropical Storm Kirk formed on Monday in the Atlantic Ocean.

Tropical Depression Twelve formed in the Atlantic on Sunday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.

It was a gray, rainy day in New York City on Sunday, but that didn't dampen the spirits of approximately 40,000 people who came together at the annual Tunnel to Towers 5K.

In an eerie repeat, the consensus of the computer forecast models is that another tropical system will develop in the western Caribbean and head into the Gulf of Mexico.

Complete devastation has been unfolding in North Carolina as Hurricane Helene unleashed days of flooding. Images from Chimney Rock, located near Asheville, was one of the many cities destroyed by historic flooding.

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor warned that she’s seen reports of cars and even scooters that become exposed to salt water and exploded. Pinellas County warned residents if they have an electric vehicle or golf cart and it was exposed to salt water, it needs to be moved outside and away from your home by at least 50 feet.

Residents of the Florida’s Keaton Beach, whose coastal town bore the brunt of Hurricane Helene’s eyewall Friday night, are now picking up the pieces of the devastation left behind by nearly 100 mph winds and storm surge that reached as high as 15-20 feet.

The City of Rock Mount said 15 people were injured during a tornado on Friday. The National Weather Service office in Raleigh estimated winds were 140 mph which is EF-3 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Officials said four of the injuries were considered to be serious.

The area we'll have to watch extends from the western Caribbean into the southern Gulf. A similar weather pattern to the one that spit out Helene is forecast to develop over Central America.

The Southeast is still reeling from the deadly punch of Hurricane Helene, but attention will soon need to return to the Caribbean as the tropics’ next act begins to brew.