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By Anna Skinner
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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) was monitoring a disturbance off Florida's east coast as Hurricane Milton barrels toward the state's western coast, but the disturbance has since disintegrated.
Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, on Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane. The hurricane caused dozens of tornadoes across Florida before it brought storm surge, wind and heavy rain to the coast. Milton tracked across the state and exited into the Atlantic Ocean.
As of Thursday morning, there were no new tropical systems that pose a direct threat to the U.S., according to the NHC map.
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In addition to Milton, the NHC is tracking another hurricane and two disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Leslie is in the North Atlantic and is expected to continue its path away from the U.S.
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One disturbance that has little chance of formation is in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. However, a second disturbance with a 30 percent chance of development in the next 48 hours is brewing closer to the U.S.
The disturbance, which was named Disturbance 1, was heading northeast and posed little threat to the U.S. as it was moving in the wrong direction to do so, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tom Kines told Newsweek.
"It's heading in the wrong direction to have any influence on weather in Tampa, which is obviously good news," he said.
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As of Thursday afternoon, the disturbance had disappeared and was no longer being tracked by the NHC. The storm, which was headed toward Bermuda, was ripped apart by strong winds.
If the disturbance strengthened into a tropical storm, it will be named Nadine. Even if the storm is named, it does not mean it will continue to strengthen into a hurricane. Conditions are also proving less favorable for development, according to the most recent NHC update.
"Showers and thunderstorms associated with a gale-force non-tropical low pressure system located less than 300 miles west-southwest of Bermuda remain disorganized," the update said.
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"Environmental conditions are becoming less favorable for tropical or sub-tropical development today [Wednesday] while the low moves northeastward to east-northeastward at around 15 mph. Upper-level winds are forecast to become too strong for further development tonight or on Thursday."
Kines said if the storm continues to develop, it could bring some heavy rain showers and gusty winds to Bermuda.
The storm comes as Floridians prepared for Milton, only two weeks after Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Florida's Big Bend region on September 26. Some repairs from Helene were still ongoing, including in Tampa, when residents were asked to evacuate from the incoming weather system.
If Milton continued on its current track toward Tampa, it would be the first time the city has endured a direct hit from a hurricane since 1921. Weather affects have already started ahead of the storm, such as rain. The NHC has issued repeated warnings about the storm's deadly potential, particularly with life-threatening storm surges and destructive winds.
Update 10/10/24, 1:49 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
Update 10/10/24, 3:23 p.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
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