Hurricane Humberto is forecast to become a major hurricane this weekend and a second system — likely to become Imelda — is a possible threat to the U.S. coast, especially the Carolinas.

Hurricane Humberto became the third hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean for the 2025 season Friday morning, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. It could soon be joined by Tropical Storm Imelda in the southwestern Atlantic, which was a tropical wave Friday morning.

Humberto is now a hurricane and the National Hurricane Center warns risks of impacts to Southeastern coast from two looming storms.

Hurricane Humberto formed in the Atlantic Ocean but is not currently threatening land as the former Hurricane Gabrielle passed Friday across the Azores, forecasters said.

Humberto strengthened into a hurricane Friday morning and could reach major hurricane status by the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said.

Humberto is about 465 miles northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and is moving slowly toward the northwest. It is expected to strengthen substantially over the weekend to become a major hurricane, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

As the National Hurricane Center tracks Hurricane Humberto, it's watching a tropical wave likely to become Tropical Storm Imelda.

Article first published: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, 11 a.m. ET

Storm Humberto has reached hurricane strength as it churns across the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.

At 5 a.m. Friday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Humberto found new strength and had evolved from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph.

The Fujiwhara effect is making it difficult for forecasters to predict who could be affected by Hurricane Humberto or Invest 94L. What to know.