Humberto rapidly strengthened to a hurricane early Friday and is forecast to ramp up into a formidable major (Category 3 or stronger) hurricane this weekend, but it’s the disturbance to Humberto’s west that’s expected to develop and threaten the southeast U.

Much uncertainty remained about the track of a band of showers and thunderstorms near Cuba, a National Weather Service forecaster said.

The system forecasters have been tracking this week, 94 L, is now Potential Tropical Cyclone 9. This will become Imelda over the next 48 hours. The National Hurricane Center uses this to warn areas of tropical storm conditions before a storm forms into a tropical system.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC – City officials are bracing for the possible arrival of Hurricane Imelda, a developing storm with an uncertain track that could bring

If Humberto becomes a major hurricane as expected, it will be the first time since 1935 when a season's first three storms were Category 3 or higher.

Meteorologists have issued new alerts as two active tropical cyclones in the Atlantic raise the risk of a rare Fujiwhara Effect, where the systems could interact and potentially merge into a massive storm,

Worrried about Invest 94L becoming a tropical depression over the weekend? Here's what to know as the system nears the Caribbean.

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 is about 465 miles (750 kilometers) northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and is moving slowly toward the northwest.