Tropical Storm Imelda is likely to form within the next 24 hours east of Florida and, nearby, Hurricane Humberto has intensified into a Category 4 major storm.

The highly unusual set-up so close to the U.S. continues to cause significant forecast uncertainty. Will Imelda make landfall somewhere along the southeast coast? Or will Humberto grab on and pull it east?

Even in the latter scenario, which would spare Georgia and the Carolinas from a direct hit, Imelda would “still be large enough and close enough to cause wind and coastal flooding impacts along the southeastern U.S. coast, as well as heavy rainfall/flooding concerns in inland areas,” National Hurricane Center forecasters said in ther Saturday morning advisory.

In the most dangerous scenario, a landfall by Imelda, catastrophic f

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