Tampa, Fla. ,WFLA) – Hurricane Hamberto has become stronger in a category 5. Meanwhile, tropical depression nine is expected to strengthen the tropical storm on Saturday night or early Sunday. Heavy rains continue on East Cuba and parts of Bahamas.
The National Hurricane Center has predicted that the storm will begin to move on Monday as it starts changing in the northwest and then in the northwest during the day. The storm-stream winds are 25 miles from the center, and the tropical storm-force winds extend to 105 miles.
While the storm is not expected to make a landfall, it will probably bring large cheerful and strong rip streams to the Caribbean and parts of the South East.
NHC is also monitoring a tropical depression that is expected to be strong in a storm on Monday. The storm, currently referred to as tropical depression nine, is about 180 miles in the north -west of the Cuba’s eastern end and moving at a speed of 6 mph -west. Eastern Cuba and Bahamas are expected to receive significant rains in the next few days, and some areas are already under a tropical storm warning.
A tropical storm watch has been released from Martin County to Florida to the Atlantic coast of Florida.
The tropical depression nine is expected to proceed to the north-north-west through the weekend and contact South East America earlier next week. While the maximum continuous winds are only 35 mph, NHC said it is expected to form a storm by late Monday night. If it develops in a storm, this storm will be email.
The south -east should be prepared for potential heavy rainfall or storm growth early next week that can cause severe floods in some areas. The possibility of formation for this storm is very high, 90 percent in the next 48 hours and in the next seven days.
