"Dangerous tropical weather brewed Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean with Humberto intensifying into a powerful Category 4 hurricane and a weather system taking aim at the Southeast U.S. Hurricane Humberto had maximum sustained winds of 145 mph Saturday, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center's latest advisory. The storm was located about 375 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. It was moving west at 6 mph."
"Meanwhile, a weather system likely to develop into a tropical storm over the weekend was threatening parts of the Bahamas and Cuba with heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Parts of the Bahamas were under a tropical storm warning on Saturday. That same system was on track to approach the Southeast U.S. early next week. Gradual strengthening into a tropical storm is expected by Sunday; forecasters said it would become a hurricane by late Monday."
Humberto intensified into a powerful Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph and was located about 375 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands, moving west at 6 mph. The storm could produce life-threatening surf and rip currents for the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Bermuda. A separate tropical disturbance threatened the Bahamas and Cuba with heavy rainfall and flash flooding, and parts of the Bahamas were under a tropical storm warning. That system was forecast to approach the U.S. Southeast and strengthen into a hurricane by late Monday. South Carolina declared a state of emergency and local crews prepared sandbags, pumps and high-water vehicles. Heavy rains prompted evacuations and alerts in the Dominican Republic.
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