The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave with a 60% chance of development, adding to a busy hurricane season just as Hurricane Erin brings dangerous surf and rip currents to East Coast beaches.

As residents of the U.S. East Coast brace for dangerous rip currents and high surf from offshore Hurricane Erin, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is tracking a new area of concern in the eastern Atlantic.

The tropical wave, located near the Cabo Verde Islands, has a 60% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone within the next seven days, signaling a potentially busy period ahead as the Atlantic hurricane season approaches its climatological peak.

The emerging system is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms, and forecasters say conditions are becoming more favo

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