Travel Disruptions Possible as New Storm Forms in Caribbean

Image: A storm approaching a Caribbean island. (Photo Credit: ValentinValkov/Adobe)

by Rich Thomaselli
Last updated: 7:00 PM ET, Wed November 13, 2024

As just days remain in the Atlantic Basin hurricane season, Mother Nature appears ready to give us one last going away gift in what has been an extraordinary year. And with it comes the looming possibility of a travel disruption.

The storm has a 90 percent chance of development according to the National Hurricane Center. It is already being called Tropical System 19 and is sitting in the Caribbean in the Yucatan Peninsula off Mexico. It is expected to form later this week. Where it goes after that is anybody’s guess. Some models show it heading north toward Louisiana and some models show it heading east towards southwest Florida.

The next named storm would be Sara. Yes, that is pretty far down the alphabet and what meteorologists expected back in June.

Airlines and cruise lines will certainly monitor the storm, but it is expected to be slowed down by a cold front hitting Florida. Cold being a relative term for Florida, of course.

WINK News’ Zach Maloch in Florida said: “These Fall storms are trickier to track thanks to strong cold fronts moving across the country, however, everyone needs to monitor this system over the next seven days.”

Hurricane season ends on November 30.

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Editor Associate Writer true 9281 14744 Rich Thomaselli has written for TravelPulse since 2014 and has been a professional journalist for nearly 40 years. His work has appeared in USA Today, the New York Times and New York Yankees publications. He is an 11-time writ