Hurricane Humberto is beginning to peter out but remains a cause for concern out over the Atlantic. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday that the storm – now a Category 2 – is “likely to cause dangerous surf and life-threatening rip current conditions affecting beaches of the northern Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda, and much of the east coast of the United States over the next several days.”
Humberto rapidly strengthened over the weekend, reaching Category 5 strength on Saturday before beginning to weaken.
The storm is one of two systems swirling over the western Atlantic. The other one, Imelda, strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday but was skirting away from the southeastern U.S.
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