People in the southeastern United States have Hurricane Humberto and high pressure over the Northeast to thank for Imelda's upcoming right turn to sea this week. However, the two hurricanes and the high will combine forces to bring long-lasting rough surf, dangerous rip currents and coastal flooding.

As expected, Imelda strengthened to a hurricane on Tuesday morning while east of Florida.

High pressure building over the Northeast will block Hurricane Imelda's northward path this week. Instead of the storm tracking inland over the Southeastern states as originally feared, Major Hurricane Humberto, tracking west of Bermuda , will give Imelda a tug and help steer it away from the U.S. at midweek.

As of Monday afternoon, Tropical Storm Imelda had sustained winds of 60 mph. As of Tuesday

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