US EditionHumberto strengthens into a Category 5 hurricane, US NHC says
Hurricane Humberto is one of only 44 Atlantic storms to reach Category 5, while Tropical Storm Imelda threatens heavy rain and flooding along the Southeast U.S. coast, officials said.
- On Saturday, Hurricane Humberto rapidly strengthened to Category 4 with 145 mph winds about 365 miles north-northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands, the National Hurricane Center reported at 11 a.m.
- Centers of Tropical Depression Nine and Humberto are about 600 miles apart, and their outer circulations are communicating, a form of the Fujiwhara effect, researchers said.
- The National Weather Service warns that dangerous surf and life-threatening rip currents will begin Monday and last through much of next week along U.S. East Coast beaches.
- South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency Friday, activating response plans, while authorities reported evacuations in Cuba and FEMA said it is `postured and ready` to assist.
- The National Hurricane Center cautions that forecast uncertainty is above average and heavy rainfall forecasts include up to 16 inches in Cuba and 8 inches in the Bahamas as Imelda may become a hurricane by late Monday.
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Yuma SunHurricane Imelda forms in the Atlantic.
Tropical Storm Imelda nears hurricane status near Southeast coast; Hurricane Humberto to follow in the region
While Tropical Storm Imelda will not be making landfall in the United States, forecasters predict that the storm will strengthen into a Hurricane by Tuesday, skirting close to the Southeast coast with heavy rain, strong winds, high surf, rip currents and isolated flash or coastal flooding. Imelda, the ninth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, per the National Hurricane Center. As Imelda moved…
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Key West CitizenStorms pose no immediate threat to Florida
Hurricane Humberto is expected to produce dangerous surf for Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast this week while Tropical Storm Imelda is strengthening near the Bahamas, forecasters said.
Tropical Storm Imelda: Cape Canaveral residents worried about potential flooding as storm passed Florida's coast
Some 200 miles east of Florida's Atlantic Coast is Tropical Storm Imelda, which is expected to strengthen into a hurricane. Several hundred miles east of Imelda is Hurricane Humberto, which was a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 140 mph on Monday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Rare Fujiwhara hurricane 'dance' could save East Coast from worst effects of Tropical Storm Imelda
Forecasters expect Hurricane Humberto to pull Tropical Storm Imelda away from landfall and into a Fujiwhara dance, but the East Coast is still set to experience heavy rains and life-threatening rip currents.
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