Tropical storm Wipha weakened after making landfall in northern Vietnam on Tuesday, with authorities on alert due to heavy rains that could cause flooding and mudslides, as the Philippines struggled with monsoon downpours that began last week.

Co-may was a typhoon in the South China Sea early Thursday Eastern time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. Typhoon season is year-round; however, most typhoons form from early July through mid-December.

Tropical cyclone Emong has weakened into a severe tropical storm after making landfall in the vicinity of Candon City, Ilocos Sur early Friday morning, state weather bureau PAGASA said.

States along the Gulf Coast could see heavy rainfall from a low-pressure system currently off the northeastern Florida coast.

Francisco was a tropical storm in the Philippine Sea Thursday afternoon Taiwan time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The storm formed in the Western Pacific Ocean at around 8 a.m. local time on Wednesday, according to the Central Weather Administration, Taiwan’s meteorological research and forecasting institution.

Tropical Storm Wipha brought heavy rain and flooding to northern Vietnam, leaving one person dead and another missing, police said Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center gives the disturbance a 10% chance of development, but parts of Texas will see heavy rainfall regardless.

Storms will hold temperatures down through Saturday but fewer storms Sunday will allow more high heat to return

A tropical storm is intensifying and is expected to reach typhoon strength before hitting southern China's coast on Sunday.

The storm remains disorganized on Wednesday but still has time to strengthen over the Gulf before making landfall on Thursday.

As a weeks-long heat wave threatens more than 200 million in the U.S., a tropical system is brewing in the Gulf, possibly bringing relief.