Tropical Storm Imelda expected to become hurricane
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Hurricane Humberto, a Category 1, is not expected to make landfall in the U.S. either, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is spinning around 280 miles north-northwest of Bermuda, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, moving northeast at around 14 mph.
The National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. Tuesday update reported that Tropical Storm Imelda is in the Atlantic Ocean, 165 miles north of Great Abaco Island and 755 miles west-southwest of Bermuda. Packing maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, it is tracking northeast at 7 mph. Imelda is expected to become a hurricane on Wednesday.
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National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Imelda impacts felt on East Coast as storm strengthens on path to Bermuda
Although Hurricane Imelda will not make landfall in the U.S., the effects of the storm are being felt up and down the East Coast from the Southeast through the mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast and New England.
Tropical storm Imelda in the Bahamas could become a hurricane, but meteorologists say Hurricane Humberto will help keep that storm out to sea, sparing any potential landfall. A large dome of high pressure over the Northeast will prevent Humberto and Imelda from making landfall in the region, according to Wicked Local media partner WCVB Channel 5.
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National Hurricane Center tracking Tropical Storm Imelda, Hurricane Humberto, 3 tropical waves
While Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto are expected to remain off the coast of Florida, indirect impacts can be expected.
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Two tropical storm systems near each other could wind up shielding the Carolinas from damage
A rare interaction between two tropical storms could happen soon in the Caribbean. An unnamed storm, likely to become Imelda, is heading toward the Carolinas.
A combination of weather factors and geography helped make it one of the most brutal storms in the modern history of hurricanes.