TAMPA, Fla. - With a new tropical storm and a tropical depression aiming for the U.S., forecasters say both could be swirling in the Gulf of Mexico as hurricanes next week.
If that happens, it would be the first time two hurricanes were in the Gulf at the same time, says FOX 13's meteorologist Jim Weber."Everyone is wondering, 'Have we seen this before?' The answer is no, we have not seen two hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico before.
There's no record of two hurricanes," he explained. "We have had two tropical systems -- either a tropical storm and a depression or two tropical storms, but we've never actually had two hurricanes in recorded history in the Gulf of Mexico.
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