Hurricane Humberto likely to bring dangerous surf to most of East Coast this week. Maps show its forecast path.

Hurricane Humberto is likely to bring dangerous surf to most of the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda this week, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said, adding that tropical storm conditions are possible in Bermuda on Tuesday.

The swells will likely cause “life-threatening surf and rip current conditions,” the center warned.

Humberto rapidly strengthened over the weekend, reaching Category 5 strength on Saturday before fluctuating back down to a still-powerful Category 4 on Sunday. It had weakened to a Category 3 storm — still considered a major hurricane — by Monday night.

The storm is one of two systems swirling over the western Atlantic. The other one strengthened into Tropical Storm Imelda on Sunday and is forecast to become a hurricane, but move away from the southeastern U.S.

Hurricane Humberto forecast and path

Humberto’s center on Monday was about 265 miles southwest of Bermuda. It was moving north-northwest at about 14 mph with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph, making it a major Category 3 hurricane, according to the hurricane center.

The center of Humberto is forecast to pass west and then north of Bermuda on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“Fluctuations in intensity are possible today [Monday]. Gradual weakening is forecast after that, but Humberto is expected to remain a dangerous major hurricane into Tuesday,” the hurricane center said.

“Swells generated by Humberto will continue to affect portions of the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Bermuda through much of this week,” forecasters at the hurricane center warned.

People along the U.S. East Coast are expected to see the effects of Humberto for the next several days, with the potential for life-threatening surf and rip currents.

Humberto is the eighth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. It came on the heels of Hurricane Gabrielle, which wasn’t impacting land as it headed farther out into the Atlantic.

Forecasters also tracking Imelda

The hurricane center is also closely monitoring a second storm system over the northeast Caribbean in the Atlantic, which strengthened into Tropical Storm Imelda on Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane Tuesday morning.

A hurricane watch is in effect for Bermuda, meaning hurricane conditions are possible, due to the forecasted path of Imelda, the NHC said.  

Imelda was expected to bring “significant rainfall” to portions of Cuba and the Bahamas through Thursday, the hurricane center said. It will also likely produce flash and urban flooding, with the possibility of mudslides in higher terrain across eastern Cuba.

There was also a possibility it could interact with Humberto — a phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara effect, in which two different storms converge and either join or spin around each other. But CBS News meteorologist Nikki Nolan said such an outcome is not considered likely in this case.