Wutip was a tropical storm in the South China Sea early Thursday China Standard Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical storm had sustained wind speeds of 46 miles per hour.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year.

Hurricane Barbara and Tropical Storm Cosme mark the second and third named storms of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season.

Two meteorological factors preclude the development of tropical storms off the coast of South America, but the historical record is very short compared to the rest of the world.

People tend to underestimate how powerful tropical storms and hurricanes can be. These tropical systems can bring storm surge, inland flooding, high winds, rip currents, rough surf, and tornadoes.

There is an 80 percent chance that a tropical storm will form in the Eastern Pacific within the next seven days.

A tropical depression formed over the East Sea strengthened into a storm after one day on Wednesday morning and is forecast to bring prolonged heavy rainfall across central and south-central Vietnam.

An increase in tropical moisture will bring rain/storm chances up. Morning showers coming in along the coast, then afternoon thunderstorms developing and pushing inland in the afternoon/evening.