Tropical Storm Bret

“The Atlantic is awfully warm this year,” said Kerry Emanuel, a meteorologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, adding that it’s partly a result of global warming, natural variability and the ocean’s recovering from sulfate aerosols pollution that cooled it decades ago.

Forecasters say it is the first time there are two storms in the tropical Atlantic in June since record keeping began. Cindy is expected to remain a tropical storm as it heads northeast into open waters. Officials say Bret damaged homes in some islands.

Tropical Storm Bret continues to develop, but it could have a hard time growing stronger after it enters the Caribbean where African dust in the air remains a threat.

Bret could weaken in the Caribbean. It's too soon to determine whether the storm will affect Florida.