The Southeast is still reeling from Hurricane Helene's deadly punch, but attention will soon need to return to the Caribbean as the tropics’ next act begins to brew, with steadily increasing odds of another tropical system developing within the next week.

Just days after Hurricane Helene made landfall, the National Hurricane Center is warning residents on the Gulf Coast to monitor another tropical system.

A low-pressure system in the eastern Caribbean has a medium chance of developing into a tropical depression over the next seven days, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.