Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane on a forecast track curving away from the U.S. East Coast early this week. The storm dumped rain and churned up seas near the Bahamas and Cuba and even briefly prompted a tropical storm watch on a stretch of Florida's Atlantic coast.

Humberto rapidly strengthened, even reaching Category 5 status for a period of time as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said.

Alerts for wind are now in place across the east coast of Florida ahead of Future Tropical Storm Imelda. The storm is now expected to slow down and stall near the southeastern U.S. in the week ahead,

Powerful Category 4 Hurricane Humberto picked up speed overnight on Saturday and is now moving west-northwest at around 13 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm is expected to start turning back toward the north Sunday morning before making a sharp turn toward the northeast and heading back for the