Weather forecasters have warned that the storm has a 60% chance of turning into a depression or named storm, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The tropical disturbance would be known as Hermine if upgraded to a storm. Heavy rain in Florida will carry the threat of more mosquitoes as the state grapples with a Zika virus outbreak.

Earlier in this week, Florida have announced five new cases of Zika, which has frequently  been spread by mosquitoes, bringing the state's total number of infected people to 42.

Weather officials estimated the tropical system, currently known as Invest 99-L, will hit the Bahamas by Friday and could arrive in South Florida and the Florida Keys by Sunday or Monday.

According to the hurricane centre , the tropical disturbance was located in southeast of the Turks and Caicos Islands as of Thursday morning, but has been still considered a disorganised system with no defined centre of circulation..

Meteorologist have also expressed uncertainty about the potential storm tracking toward the Gulf Coast and Louisiana, where residents have still been reeling from devastating floods that have left 13 people dead.

The last hurricane to strike Florida was Wilma in 2005, which made landfall in the US the same year as Katrina.

In the mean time, the central Atlantic saw hurricane Gaston quickly develop late on Wednesday before it was downgraded to a tropical storm.

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By Prakriti Neogi