Heavy rainfall and gusty winds are hitting portions of the Carolinas Monday morning as a system that could become Tropical Storm Helene draws closer.

The Atlantic hurricane season has seen two new storms this week, after an extended lull. Gordon is not currently a threat to land.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking Tropical Storm Gordon, two other disturbances in the Atlantic basin. See outlook, forecasted Texas impact.

Tropical Storm Gordon has weakened to a depression as it swirls through open waters in the Atlantic. The storm was located about 985 miles (1,580 kilometers) east of the northeast Caribbean on Monday.

Tropical Storm Gordon is weakening over the Atlantic, but the Southeast US faces rain from Francine and another storm brewing.

The southeastern U.S. coast is at risk of flash flooding from a disturbance. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Gordon has weakened in the Atlantic.

Gordon, which became a named storm Friday, was downgraded to a tropical depression Sunday in the Atlantic with no land threatened as Potential Tropical Storm 8 developed off the Carolinas.

Latest coverageGordon was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday as it continues to move across the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center.Sign up for our NewslettersGordon has maximum sustained winds of 30 mph and a minimum central pressure of 1007 MB.