Humberto rapidly strengthened, even reaching Category 5 status for a period of time as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Humberto rapidly strengthened over the weekend, reaching Category 5 strength on Saturday before fluctuating back down to a still-powerful Category 4 on Sunday.
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm could bring life-threatening surf and rip currents to the area and portions of the northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
The storm is one of two systems swirling over the western Atlantic that could potentially bring some downstream impacts to parts of the Southeast U.S. coast, from Florida to North Carolina, the director of the Miami-based hurricane center, Michael Brennan, said. The second system strengthened to become Tropical Storm Imelda on Sunday, and is expected to dump heavy rain from the Florida coast up to the Carolinas.Hurricane Humberto forecast and path
As of late Sunday night, Humberto was located about 430 miles south of Bermuda.
