Debby, the second hurricane of the current Atlantic and Caribbean hurricane season that began on June 1, developed a closed air circulation just off the southern coast of Cuba, which caused it to become a tropical depression, the U.S. National Hurricane Center describes on its website.

As it entered the Gulf of Mexico, its intensity increased, it became tropical storm Debby, and the following day, due to the strength of its winds, it reached a hurricane category.

The first system formed in this cycle was tropical storm Alberto, which developed on June 19. It was followed days later by Hurricane Beryl, formed on June 29, and became the first category 5 hurricane of the season and only the second of July.

The scientific institution began to monitor, at the same time, a tropical wave to the east-southeast of the Windward Islands that produced downpours and disorganized thunderstorms, which would later become Storm Chris.

The disturbance moved generally westward across the Caribbean for several days before crossing the Yucatan Peninsula and emerging in the Bay of Campeche early on June 30.

Meteorologists predicted that the current cyclone and hurricane cycle, which extends through November 30, will be very active. After Debby, tropical storm Ernesto could form.

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