Tropical Storm Imelda forming and expected to become hurricane | US weather
The tropical storm Imelda formed on Sunday and was to become a hurricane on a forecasting track which could remove it from the east coast of the United States in the coming days. The storm provoked disturbances in the Bahamas and Cuba on Sunday, and a tropical storm watch was displayed in certain parts of Florida.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto was very slightly weakened but has remained a strong category 4 storm in the Atlantic, threatening the Bermuda.
Around 2 p.m., Imelda was located around 95 miles (152.89 km) in the west-northwest of the Bahamas center and around 370 miles (595.46 km) south-east of Cape Canaveral in the county of Brevard, in Florida, National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami. It was directed north at 7 mph (11 km / h) and its maximum sustained winds were 40 MPH (65 km / h).
The center said that the system was to move through the center and northwest of the Bahamas on Sunday and turn northeast, far from the southeast of the United States, in the middle of the week.
Surveillance of the tropical storm was in force for the east coast of Florida of the Palm Beach-Martin County line at the line of the County of Flagler-Volusia, said the center, urging residents along the southeast coast to monitor the system. A tropical storm means that tropical storm conditions are possible within 48 hours.
Southern Carolina Governor Henry McMaster urged people to watch the weather closely and remain vigilant. And in North Carolina, Governor Josh Stein declared the state of emergency before the system.
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The storm could bring strong and heavy rain, which could produce floods, he said. The state attended research and rescue teams during the weekend.
Humberto was slightly weakened on Sunday, but still had powerful maximum sustained winds of 150 MPH (240 km / h), according to the center of the hurricane, which makes a category 4 hurricane. It was located about 535 miles (861 km) south of the Bermuda and moved to the west-west to 13 mph (20 km / h).
A tropical storm may be necessary for Bermuda later in the day, the forecasters said, and the swells could reach the east coast of the United States on Monday.
On Friday, there were rains in the Dominican Republic, which led the authorities to evacuate hundreds of people and to declare a red alert in five provinces.
The swells generated by the tropical storm Narda, formerly Hurricane, affected coastal Mexico and Baja California on, said forecastists, and current surfing and potentially fatal tear conditions are possible in southern California. However, he had to weaken quickly and had to become post-tropical on Sunday evening or Monday.
