Tropical Storm Erin formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday, forecasters said. The storm was expected to strengthen later in the week and could become the Atlantic's first hurricane of the season.

The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Erin is making its way west across the Atlantic Ocean – but with the storm still thousands of miles from the U.S. coast, FOX 13 meteorologists say it's still too soon to pinpoint its eventual path.

Meteorologists are monitoring a tropical storm out in the Atlantic Ocean threatening to become a powerful hurricane in the coming days. Tropical Storm Erin developed this past weekend and brought fatal flash flooding to the Cabo Verde Islands off the western coast of Africa, according to AccuWeather.