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NEW YORK (WABC) — Hurricane Humberto strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic while a disturbance dubbed Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine is striking the Caribbean and taking aim at the Southeast United States.
Hurricane Humberto had maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 kph) Friday night, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center’s latest advisory. The storm was located about 390 miles (630 kilometers) northeast of the northern Leeward Islands.
Humberto could produce life-threatening surf and rip currents for the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Bermuda over the weekend, forecasters said.
Humberto is expected to move west of Bermuda on Tuesday and Wednesday and stay hundreds of miles away from the U.S., eventually going out to sea without making landfall.
Meanwhile, a tropical storm warning associated with Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine was issued for the Central Bahamas. The center of the tropical disturbance was about 145 miles (235 kilometers) northwest of the eastern tip of Cuba, forecasters said. It had top winds of 35 mph (55 kph). A tropical storm watch was issued for portions of the northwestern Bahamas.
The hurricane center said the potential cyclone was likely to become a tropical depression – the next name in the alphabet would be Imelda – on Saturday. By Sunday, it could be a tropical storm.
The forecast put the system on track to approach the Southeast U.S. over the weekend and into early next week.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency over the storm Friday evening saying while there was uncertainty, the state needed to prepare. The declaration allows state emergency officials to begin coordination with local and federal governments and assures people will be eligible for federal aid.
Stay with the Eyewitness News AccuWeather Team for updates on both tropical systems.
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Information from AccuWeather, The Associated Press, and ABC News
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