Tropical Storm Imelda is expected to intensify into a hurricane as it tracks along the Southeast coast this week, bringing hazardous surf, rip currents, and coastal flooding from Florida to the Carolinas. Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto remains a powerful Category 4 storm, amplifying threats to U.S. beaches and posing a rare double danger to Bermuda.
What to Know:
- Imelda is forecast to reach hurricane strength by Tuesday near Florida’s Atlantic coast.
- Humberto, once a rare Category 5 storm, remains a Category 4 storm with widespread coastal impacts.
- Both storms are fueling rip currents, beach erosion, and flooding from Florida to the Carolinas.
- Bermuda faces back-to-back hurricane threats, with Imelda possibly making landfall midweek.
- South Carolina and Charleston have declared states of emergency and begun preparations for the storm.
- The U.S. has so far avoided hurricane landfall in 2025, but every storm has rapidly intensified.
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