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New York.- Hurricane Humberto, the eighth to form in the Atlantic this season, strengthened this Saturday, as expected, to reach category five, and is expected to continue as a major hurricane for the next few days, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The hurricane is expected to turn north on Sunday and move west of Bermuda on Tuesday night. Maximum sustained winds have increased to about 260 kilometers per hour (160 mph), with stronger gusts, according to the Hurricane Center report.
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The swells generated by Humberto will affect parts of the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda starting this Sunday and continuing into next week.
The NHC's most recent report indicated that its swell will also affect the US East Coast starting Monday.
While the NHC is also monitoring a tropical depression that is expected to strengthen and become Tropical Storm Imelda and a hurricane on Monday or Tuesday in the coming hours. The depression formed between Cuba and the Bahamas, where it is causing heavy rains in some areas.
The NHC has issued a tropical storm warning for the east coast of Florida, from the northern border of Palm Beach and Martin counties to the northern border of Flagler and Volusia counties.
It has also warned that the southeastern coast of the United States, from Florida to North Carolina, should be alert to the advance of this system, which is expected to head there next week.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster issued a state of emergency on Friday in anticipation of the storm, which North Carolina's Josh Stein also did this Saturday.
