(CNN) – Wednesday has been quite a day for cyclones. By late morning, there were six named storms moving in the Atlantic, over the United States or in the Eastern Pacific. They were:
Hurricane Humberto
Humberto, the year’s second major Atlantic hurricane, was heading toward Bermuda as a sprawling Category 3 storm. The storm’s powerful core is expected to pass Wednesday night just north of the Atlantic island territory. The system likely will batter the island with hurricane-force and tropical-storm-force winds Wednesday evening into Thursday morning.
Tropical Depression Imelda
Imelda, once a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico, was flooding parts of the Houston area on Wednesday morning as a tropical depression. The storm is expected to drop large amounts of rain — perhaps up to 25 inches — into Thursday over eastern Texas.
Tropical Storm Jerry
Jerry, still hundreds of miles east of the Caribbean Sea’s easternmost islands, could become a hurricane by Thursday night, the National Hurricane Center said. It could get near the northern Leeward Islands, including the British Virgin Islands and Anguilla, Friday into Saturday morning, but it’s too soon to tell if the islands will be affected. CONTINUE
