Tropical Storm Imelda will stay offshore the Carolinas but will still help to produce heavy rain, rough surf, rip currents and minor coastal flooding. Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto churns in the Atlantic,

Tropical Storm Imelda is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it moves off the Southeast coast this week, kicking up dangerous surf, rip currents, coastal flooding and beach erosion from Florida through the Carolinas.

Hurricane, tropical storms are causing inclement weather in parts of the United States of America. Hurricane Imelda, Hurricane Humberto, Tropical Storm Narda are posing major threats South Carolina, North Carolina,

A low-category hurricane, soon to be named Imelda, may reach coastal Georgia and the Carolinas early next week, the National Weather Service (NWS) predicts. Or at least, a tropical storm near or at hurricane-intensity.

Counties like Orangeburg, Clarendon, and Sumter remain on high alert, even as the storm's track shifts eastward, diminishing the threat.

Tropical storm alerts have been posted and at least one state has declared a pre-emptive state of emergency as a looming storm system is on its way to becoming future Hurricane Imelda, bringing the potential threat of heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the Southeast.

: Tropical Depression 9 has formed near the Bahamas. The system, forecast to become Imelda, was located roughly 180 miles south-southwest of the central Bahamas with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph.

Likely Tropical Storm Imelda could bring heavy rain to South Florida before nearing the Carolinas, while major Hurricane Humberto strengthens in the Atlantic.