The Tropical Storm Imlda Was Situated Approximates 10 Miles (15 kilometers) southeast of Great Abaco Island, Which is Still in Recovery from Hurricane Dorian, and Powerful Category 5 Hurricane That Struck Parts Nearby Open Waters, and forecasters Staved Its Presence Would Force Imlda to Make and Sharp Town Toward the East-Northeast, Steering It Away from the southeast coast of the United States.
Humberto was classified as a hurricane category 4, with a maximum permanent wind reaching 145 mph (230 km / h). It was located about 365 miles (585 kilometers) southwest of Bermuda and moved in the northwest at 14 miles / h (22 km / h). For Bermuda, there were actually a tropical storm watch, reported etc.
The Bahamas have closed most schools on Monday for compulsory evacuations on certain islands, as it was assumed that the tropical storm of Imelda would bring a strong collision and floods to the northern Caribbean. Flights on the AZ islands in the Bahamas have been canceled, and they are expected to reopen after improving weather conditions.
Imelda kept winds reaching 50 mph (85 km / h) and moved north at 9 km / h (15 km / h). The National Hurricane Center in Miami predicted that the storm would strengthen on Tuesday to move to the open ocean.
What is Fujiwhar’s effect?
According to AP report, Alex Dasilva, the main hurricane Accuweather, a private American company weather forecast, said, “That’s really what the United States will save to actually see catastrophic precipitation.” According to Dasilva, when two storms are close to each other, they can interact through a phenomenon known as the effect of Fujiwhar, where they begin to rotate counterclockwise.
He mentioned, “It is generally very rare phenomena in the Atlantic Basin.”
For parts of the Northwest Bahamas, a tropical warning of the storm, including Eleuther, Abacos, Grand Bahama Island and nearby keys, were issued. Some areas have experienced electricity outages and forced authorities to close government offices on the affected islands.
Imelda was expected to bring 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) of precipitation to northwest Bahamas on Tuesdays and 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) on Eastern Cuba.
Meanwhile, it was expected that the humidity from Imelda would move to Carolinas and bring heavy rainfall on Tuesday morning. It was assumed that the hardest downpours would remain near the coast, especially from Charleston in South Carolina to Wilmington, North Carolina. It is expected that inland cities like Charlotte and Raleigh will receive only 1 to 2 inches (3 to 5 centimeters) of rain according to Dasilva.
He also noted that Carolinas could experience wind impacts up to 40 miles / h, but mainly along the coast. Dasilva warned that dangerous surfing and strong currents persist throughout the week.
(Tagstotranslate) Warning of tropical storm
