Overview

• Depresión Tropical Nueve was located near the central Bahamas on Sunday morning with 55 km/h winds and is forecast to be named Imelda later today and reach hurricane strength by Monday night or Tuesday.
• Tropical-storm warnings cover parts of the Bahamas, and advisories were posted for Florida’s Atlantic coast from north of West Palm Beach to areas north of Daytona Beach, with earliest U.S. impacts possible Monday.
• South Carolina issued a statewide emergency and Charleston declared a local emergency, North Carolina announced a similar declaration, and officials urged residents to prepare for flooding, strong winds and power outages.
• Forecasters highlight torrential rain, coastal flooding and dangerous surf as primary hazards even without landfall because slow-moving bands could stall near the coast.
• Hurricane Humberto weakened slightly to a high-end Category 4 with 250 km/h winds south of Bermuda, is sending large swells toward the Caribbean and U.S. East Coast, and its circulation could influence Imelda’s speed and track, increasing forecast uncertainty.