The tropical depression Eighteen is headed for the Gulf Coast and likely to transition into a tropical storm Monday and a hurricane by Wednesday.

While all eyes are trained on the election, there's something swirling in the background -- a hurricane, and one that weather experts are warning could soon hit the Gulf Coast.The National Hurricane Center shared on Sunday that the system currently known as potential tropical cyclone 18 has sparked hurricane watches and tropical storm warnings on several islands in the Gulf of Mexico,