States along the Atlantic coast are looking closely at ocean waters as two tropical storm systems have developed and threaten to strengthen and cause joint damage in the coming weeks.
Tropical storm Humberto developed into a Category 1 Hurricane in the middle of the Atlantic Friday, Sept. 26, and is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane by the weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.
At the same time, another tropical wave near Hispaniola is expected to develop into a tropical depression several hundred miles from Humberto and could turn into Tropical Storm Imelda, causing a rare meteorological situation that leaves weather experts worried about the impacts both storms could cause to the coastal U.S.
According to Accuweather, the last time two hurricanes were in such close proximity to each other was in 2016, when hurricanes Matthew and Nicole were about 800 miles apart from each other
As of Friday morning, Humberto was about 465 miles northeast of the Leeward Islands and did not pose a threat to land, but National Hurricane Center models project northwest movement towards the Bahamas and Florida in the coming days.
Imelda has not yet formed into a tropical depression, but National Hurricane Center experts predict a “a significant risk of impacts from wind, rain and storm surge” in southeastern states next week as the proximity of the two storms from the Atlantic coast and to each other.
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