Miami, Jun 18, 2021, SPA -- The first tropical system of the Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to make landfall in the United States by the end of the week, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Thursday, possibly bringing heavy rain and flooding from the Texas coast to northwestern Florida. If the weather system strengthens into a tropical storm, it would be called Claudette, the third named storm of this year's Atlantic season, which formally began this month and ends November 30. The Atlantic recorded the first named storm last month, when subtropical storm Ana formed near Bermuda. That marked the seventh consecutive year that a named storm arrived before the official June 1 start date. --SPA 13:08 LOCAL TIME 10:08 GMT 0011 www.spa.gov.sa/w1573532