FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Tropical Depression Ten moved toward the Gulf of Mexico Saturday, forecasters monitored three other systems, including Hurricane Franklin. A potential tropical wave was added to that list on Friday afternoon. Franklin will likely become a major hurricane early next week, forecasters said in the 5 p.m. advisory. The hurricane formed earlier in the day, the second .
Hurricane Franklin formed Saturday, becoming the second hurricane behind July’s Don of the 2023 Atlantic season, according to the National Hurricane Center.