Tropical Storm Eta has formed in the Caribbean, tying the historic 2005 season for total number of storms in a season. Eta is the 28th named Atlantic storm this Atlantic hurricane season.

Tropical Storm Eta becomes record-tying 28th storm of the season

New Orleans officials warned city residents to stock up on supplies and prepare to shelter in their homes on Friday (July 12) as "life-threatening" Tropical Storm Barry was poised to come ashore as possibly the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019. While the storm did not yet have hurricane-force winds, it was forecast to bring torrential rains of up to 25 inches (64 cm) in certain places, which officials said risked flooding along the already-swollen lower Mississippi River.

'Life-threatening' Tropical Storm Barry heads towards New Orleans

As government officials set up emergency centers and warned New Orleans residents on Friday (July 12) to prepare to huddle indoors, Tropical Storm Barry was poised to make landfall as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019.

New Orleans prepares for 'life-threatening' Tropical Storm Barry as it grinds to landfall

Some residents and visitors prepared to flee New Orleans on Thursday as Tropical Storm Barry closed in and officials warned of "extreme rainfall" and flooding if the storm makes landfall by early Saturday as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019.

Storm Barry bears down on New Orleans with 'extreme rainfall,' flooding risk

New Orleans braced for severe flooding with residents told to hunker down as a growing tropical storm in the US-Gulf of Mexico headed for landfall late on Friday or early on Saturday as the first Atlantic hurricane of 2019.

New Orleans braces for flooding, Trump declares emergency ahead of Storm Barry