The system expected to become Tropical Storm Francine will be well offshore of the Texas Gulf Coast through Tuesday, though rough surf and bands of heavy rain are still expected to lash the coast.

Tropical Storm Gordon ... Debby, Ernesto and Francine. It's also only the second named storm to form since Aug. 12. The last time that the Atlantic had only one named storm formation between ...

Jeff Landry warned at midday while Francine was still a tropical storm. The freshly minted Category 1 hurricane packed top sustained winds of 75 mph and forecasters warned it was expected to crash ...