The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring two areas to watch for tropical development behind Hurricane Erin as the Atlantic Ocean's Main Development Region roars to life.

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Hurricane Erin lashes Bahamas and Turks and Caicos with winds, rain, and flooding as forecasters track a new Atlantic tropical threat.

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FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera tracks the next system that has a medium chance of tropical development behind Hurricane Erin in the Atlantic Ocean's Main Development Region.

There are two areas of tropical interest in the lower latitudes of the Atlantic. The first tropical wave is a disorganized cluster of thunderstorms, moving quickly west-northwest on a path like that of Hurricane Erin. The storm has a good chance of becoming a tropical depression later this week.

Forecasters say the monster storm will turn away from the eastern U.S. and won’t make landfall. But they predict it will churn up dangerous rip currents.

Erin developed in the eastern Atlantic, moving westward from the Cabo Verde Islands at about 20 mph (32 km/h). Infrared sensors on NOAA's GOES-19 satellite reveal colder cloud tops and deep convection near the center — signs of a strengthening system feeding on warm ocean waters.

A new system has emerged in the eastern tropical Atlantic, heading westward toward the Leeward Islands as Hurricane Erin continues to spin.