T ropical Storm Chantal (shahn-TAHL) was the first tropical storm to make landfall and the third named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm will be remembered for bringing tropical rain inland causing flooding in the eastern Triad and prompting tornado warnings in Alamance county.

An area of stormy weather in the open Atlantic Ocean became Tropical Storm Andrea on Tuesday morning, the first of the Atlantic hurricane season, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A storm in the Atlantic once lasted four weeks, but the world's recently-set record took it even a week further. Here's a look at the tropical cyclone endurance champions.