After its most sluggish start to a hurricane season since 2014, the Atlantic is threatening to break its silence with a short-lived system over the open waters of the subtropical Atlantic.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking several tropical waves and a disturbance in the western Caribbean.

FILE- Waves crash over a seawall at the mouth of the Miami River from Biscayne Bay, Fla., as storm surge from Hurricane Irma impacts Miami on Sept. 10, 2017.

During the early months of hurricane season, storms historically develop close to the U.S. and Florida. Later in the season, more storms develop out of tropical waves moving off the coast of ...