Humberto strengthens to major hurricane in the Atlantic Kiki IntarasuwanSeptember 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM 349 Hurricane Humberto rapidly strengthened over the weekend, reaching Category 5 strength on Saturday before fluctuating back down to a stillpowerful Category 4 on Sunday.
- - Humberto strengthens to major hurricane in the Atlantic
Kiki IntarasuwanSeptember 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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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. It was moving northwest at about 14 mph with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, with higher gusts, according to the NHC.
Map shows the forecast track of Hurricane Humberto in the Atlantic as of Sept. 26, 2025. / Credit: CBS News
The storm is likely to remain a major hurricane for the next several days, forecasters said. A storm is deemed a "major" hurricane if it's a Category 3, 4 or 5 due to the potential for "significant loss of life and damage," the center says.
"Fluctuations in intensity are possible during the next day or so. Gradual weakening is expected after that, but Humberto is expected to remain a dangerous major hurricane for the next couple of days," the hurricane center said in an advisory Sunday.
Those along the U.S. East Coast could begin to see the effects of Humberto beginning Monday, with swells generated by the storm likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip currents.
Humberto is the eighth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. It comes on the heels of Hurricane Gabrielle, which is not impacting land as it heads farther out into the Atlantic.
A satellite image of Hurricane Humberto taken at 4:50 p.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 27, 2025. / Credit: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
Forecasters also tracking Imelda
The hurricane center is also closely monitoring a second storm system over the northeast Caribbean in the Atlantic, which strengthened into Tropical Storm Imelda on Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane Monday or Tuesday.
Imelda was expected to bring "significant rainfall" to portions of Cuba and the Bahamas, both of which could see up to 8 inches of rain, the hurricane center said. It will also likely produce flash and urban flooding, with the possibility of mudslides in higher terrain across eastern Cuba.
Tropical storm conditions are possible in areas along the east coast of Florida on Monday, and heavy rainfall is expected into Wednesday morning across coastal areas of the Carolinas, the forecasters said.
Map shows possible paths for a tropical wave storm system known as Invest 94-L, which could intensify. / Credit: CBS News
There is also a possibility it could interact with Humberto — a phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara effect, in which two different storms converge and either join or spin around each other. But CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan said such an outcome is not considered likely in this case.
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