Tropical Storm Jerry is rushing across the central Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by Friday. Jerry, which formed Tuesday, is the 10th named storm of a late-blooming season that has produced three hurricanes in just over two weeks.

As of Oct. 4, at least nine homes along the beaches of the Outer Banks in Buxton, North Carolina have been taken down by Hurricane Imelda and Hurricane Humberto's swells, but neither storm made landfall on the East Coast.

Priscilla has lost hurricane strength as it churns off Mexico's western Pacific coast ever closer to the Baja California peninsula.

Hurricane forecasters highlighted two new disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday morning, including a potential area of low pressure that could bring rain to the Gulf Coast. The low-pressure system could form in the next couple of days near southern Florida, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 7 a.m. Thursday.

This area of rain and storms may still impact North Carolina by Tuesday, even if it doesn't become tropical.Sign up for our NewslettersFlorida and The Bahamas: Rainfall & Wind Gust Speed Next week's rainfall totals may depend in part on whether a coastal low forms from the active weather near Florida.

With the Atlantic Ocean churning, why not pay a visit to Boston?