MIAMI, Sept 16 — Humberto, which gained hurricane strength late yesterday, is expected to drop another 2 inches of rain on the storm-ravaged northwestern Bahamas as it crawls away from the US coast, the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre said early today.
It will bring life-threatening waves and tides to parts of Central Florida and North Carolina coasts for the next few days as it packs sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) and heads east-northeast toward Bermuda, the NHC said.
It was 760 miles (1,225 km) west of Bermuda early today, moving at 5 mph (7 kph), and may bring heavy rains there by late Wednesday, the NHC said in its 5 a.m. advisory.
Humberto is forecast to gain strength and get faster over the next two days. — Reuters
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