The National Hurricane Center has highlighted an area it's watching in the Gulf. Right now, there's a low chance for development.

Parts of Louisiana and Mississippi are bracing for heavy rainfall in the region. Some areas could get hit with more than 10 inches of rain through Saturday. In New Jersey, more than a dozen people were injured after a lightning strike and one person was killed.

Likening the system to a merry-go-round, Pilié said weather forecasting models Thursday showed the storm doing a full loop around the southeast U.S. before circling back to the Gulf Coast, bringing increased rain chances and the potential for tropical development late next week.

The VVA told Newsweek that it hoped that the release of documents regarding the assassinations of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy, which Trump ordered upon his return to the White House, would persuade the administration to declassify other documents.

Downpours are expected in Houston on Friday as a tropical disturbance along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico stalls without strengthening.

As of 7 a.m. Thursday, the system was at the far northern portion of the Gulf, just south of the Mississippi Coast, and is expected to move west, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm remains very disorganized with a lower chance of formation.

Most major stock markets in the Gulf rose on Thursday, lifted by positive corporate earnings and announcements, although the Saudi index was set to extend losses for an eighth consecutive session.