State Of Emergency In Carolina In Preparation Of Landfall As Humberto Undergoes Rapid Intensification Jonathan Erdman, Jennifer Gray, Rob Shackelford, Sara Tonks and Jonathan Belles September 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM 93 Tropical storm alerts have been issued in Bahamas and South Carolina's Gov.
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Jonathan Erdman, Jennifer Gray, Rob Shackelford, Sara Tonks and Jonathan Belles September 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Tropical storm alerts have been issued in Bahamas and South Carolina's Gov. Henry McMaster has declared a state of emergency thanks to the latest tropical system in the Caribbean, which was named Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine Friday evening. The storm poses a rain, gusty wind and rip current threat to the Southeast U.S.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto underwent massive rapid intensification on Friday, going from a tropical storm to a Category 4 storm in less than a day. The storm's maximum sustained winds jumped from 65 mph to 145 in only 24 hours, making it the third storm to do so this year in the Atlantic Basin, following Erin and Gabrielle.
We are now Humberto's progress toward Bermuda into early next week.
There is still significant uncertainty as to the details of how this will all shake out into next week, so please check back with us at weather.com for important updates in the days ahead as the forecast gradually becomes clearer. All interests in the Bahamas, the U.S. East Coast from Florida to North Carolina and Bermuda should closely monitor the progress of this forecast.
(MORE: Track This Carolinas Threat Here)
Here's our latest thinking.
Future 'Imelda' A Bahamas, U.S. Threat
Happening Now
An organizing disturbance – named Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine by the National Hurricane Center Friday evening – is currently near Cuba and the southern Bahamas will continue wringing out showers with locally heavy rain and gusty winds in those areas today.
(EXPLAINED: What Is A Potential Tropical Cyclone?)
Tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued for portions of the Bahamas. Tropical storm conditions will expand northward across the Bahamas through the weekend.
The system is expected to organize and strengthen this weekend and could even reach hurricane strength next week.
The threat of this system approaching the Southeast coast with the threat of flooding rainfall is growing, and the storm could make landfall as Tropical Storm Imelda (or Hurricane Imelda).
Where Imelda Could Go
1. Imelda could continue moving north-northwest and landfall in the Carolinas as either a tropical storm or hurricane early next week.
2. Imelda could stall off the Southeast coast for a day or two early next week before either being pulled east away from the coast, possibly toward Bermuda.
Some of the forecast model possibilities are illustrated by the map below.
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Spaghetti Models
How Strong Could Imelda Get?
Deep, warm ocean water, including the warm Gulf Stream current, will fuel some modest strengthening through the weekend.
But it's not just about warm water.
Both shearing winds and dry air are forecast to increase near Imelda by early next week. These are usually factors that limit the intensification of tropical storms and hurricanes.
For that reason, this system is expected to be either a tropical storm or low-end hurricane near the Southeast early next week.
Forecast Wind ShearEarly Look At Possible Impacts
What could become the biggest threat from this storm is flooding, especially if Imelda lingers around for multiple days.
Before that happens, locally heavy rain not from Imelda is possible over parts of the Southeast through this weekend. After that, the threat for flooding will increase.
"An increasing threat of heavy rainfall from this system is forecast over the southern Mid-Atlantic through coastal Georgia which could cause flash, urban, and river flooding into next week," according to the National Hurricane Center
Models are in agreement that 3-6 inches are likely in portions of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, but the ceiling for how high these rainfall totals could go is considerably higher.
Rainfall Outlook
Even if Imelda doesn't ever make a landfall in the U.S., days of onshore winds are likely to generate dangerous high surf, rip currents and at least some coastal flooding up and down the Eastern Seaboard from Florida to New England next week, due not only to Imelda but also to Humberto churning up the ocean.
Imelda could also draw close enough to produce strong wind gusts along parts of the Southeast coast, even if it never makes a landfall, as Hurricane Erin did in August.
Hurricane Humberto
We're also watching Humberto, which became the third hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season early Friday morning.
It is centered over 400 miles northeast of the Leeward Islands. It's moving northwest and is no threat to neither the Leeward Islands nor the rest of the Caribbean.
The hurricane is rapidly intensifying and became a Category 4 by the end of the day Friday.
Humberto could be a threat to Bermuda sometime early to mid-next week, but is unlikely to be a direct U.S. threat. Humberto will weaken before reaching Bermuda's neighborhood.
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Projected PathRecap: Disturbance In The Caribbean
This tropical wave brought widespread rainfall of 1 to 4 inches across Puerto Rico, with the heaviest totals being reported across the southern parts of the territory. No surprise that this heavy rainfall brought some flood and landslide reports across Puerto Rico highways, with one car being washed out with people still inside. At least one person was killed.
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