This satellite view from Sunday morning shows Hurricane Humberto on the right and Tropical Depression Nine over the Bahamas. NASA

Tropical Depression Nine is expected to intensify into Tropical Storm Imelda Sunday, and while its forecast is less ominous for the Southeast coast, the storm will still be felt there.

Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the central and northwestern Bahamas where the tropical depression is currently wringing out heavy rain. Rainfall totals could range from 4 to 12 inches in the Bahamas and eastern Cuba, more than enough to trigger flash flooding.

The eventual path of Tropical Storm Imelda has been trending away from a direct landfall along the Southeast coast over the last 24 to 36 hours. After moving north and parallel to Florida’s Atlantic coast t

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