There’s a growing chance that an area meteorologists are monitoring in the tropics could develop into a storm around the southeastern United States. If the system comes to fruition, heavy rain, gusty winds and rip currents could hit Florida, coastal Georgia and the Carolinas into the holiday weekend.

Potentially severe thunderstorms are expected to fire up across the New York City metro area later Tuesday, as we kick off July, climatologically our warmest month of the year. It will be dry through the morning,

Forecasters warned of flash flooding across Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Parts of the Mid-Atlantic States — including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and New Jersey — were on alert on Tuesday evening, as a forecast for thunderstorms and heavy rain led to flash flood warnings across the region.