Humricán Humberto is expected generate potentially mortal waves in some parts of the Caribbean This weekend after a day in which he gained strength.
Humberto was a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Five levels on Saturdayafter quickly intensifying Friday while progressing through the warm waters of the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center of the United States.
In a notice issued at 5 am on Saturday, The center said that Humberto moved slowly to 6 mph (10 kilometers) per hour and had maximum sustained winds of 145 miles (233 kilometers) per hour.
Although it is not predicted that the storm touch earth, Humberto’s energy is expected to believe “Potentially mortal waves and coal conditions of hangover” On the beaches of the Islands of Sotavento del Norte, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Bermuda and Puerto Rico this weekend and early next week, wrote the forecast of the NHC, Brad Reinhart.
It is forecast that for early Monday there will be a turn to the northwest at a slightly higher speed, followed by a north-northeast turn for Monday night.
Humberto is expected to rub the bermuda with their winds before turning east in the direction of Europe, but another tropical system that is close to alter that trajectory.
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The second disturbance “has organized a little better,” NHC reported on Saturday. It could produce significant rains in eastern Cuba and the Bahamas.
The tropical storm alerts of the system – which, of forming completely, will be called Imelda – are in force for parts of the center and northwest of Bahamas. There is a risk of heavy rains and possible sudden floods on the coast of Georgia and the southern states of the Middle Atlantic earlier next week.
Meteorologists had predicted a season of hyperactive Atlantic storms, with up to 10 hurricanes and up to 18 storms with name. However, only eight storms have received a name. The season began on June 1 and officially ends on November 30although storm activity can persist after that date.
