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The storm picked up speed as she was moving away from the islands and was reinforcing Category 1 hurricane, with 75 mph winds, Sunday night, the center said.
Hurricane Humberto is about 785 miles west of Bermuda and moves northeast at 3 mph, the hurricane center said Sunday. It is expected to continue at this pace Monday morning before picking up speed and turn east-northeast during the next three days, announced the center.
Strong waves and heavy rains will remain a problem throughout the week in Bermuda, NHC said.
The swell will also impact in the coming days over northwestern Bahamas and the southeast coast of the United States, from east-central Florida to North Carolina, creating dangerous currents of return.
Forecasters currently monitor at least two tropical disturbances, one in the Gulf of Mexico and the other in the Atlantic Ocean, several hundred kilometers off the coast of Venezuela, as the hurricane season continues.
The disturbances in the Atlantic are expected to move north-northwest in the coming days and could turn into a hurricane by Friday, according to CNN meteorologist Michael Guy.
Guy says those living in Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands should be ready to face a possible hurricane by the end of next week.
The system in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to bring rain to the Texas coast this week, said Guy.
The Bahamas are still recovering from Dorian
There was concern that Humberto would bring to the Bahamas, where hundreds of people are still missing after the passage of Hurricane Dorian Category 5 on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama. The death toll is currently 50, but search and rescue teams continue to search the destroyed areas.
The islands have received rain, said CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam, but the impact of Humberto is complete.
"They were spared the heaviest rains and the strongest winds, concentrated north and east of the storm," said Van Dam, adding that the storm surge in the Bahamas was negligible.
This number includes US citizens, legal residents, Bahamians and nationals of other countries who evacuated the islands after the storm.
Palm Beach County, Florida, began recruiting displaced students fleeing Dorian's damage. The Palm Beach County Education Foundation provides students with backpacks filled with school supplies. She plans to open her school supply store so that evacuated families can make free purchases, said district spokeswoman Julie Houston Trieste.
CNN's Michael Guy, Madeline Holcombe, Christina Maxouris, Jason Hanna and Theresa Waldrop contributed to this report.
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