According to the National Hurricane Center's 11 a.m. Monday advisory, Category 4 Hurricane Humberto is in the Atlantic Ocean, 340 miles south-southwest of Bermuda. Packing maximum sustained winds of 145 mph, the hurricane is tracking to the northwest at 13 mph.

A combination of weather factors and geography helped make it one of the most brutal storms in the modern history of hurricanes.

Hurricane Humberto's swells will probably cause "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions," the National Hurricane Center warned.

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"I didn't think I'd be a lifelong resident of Cameron parish, even before the hurricane, but if there was any consideration that I would, (Hurricane Rita) solidified that."

Authorities in the Bahamas have closed a majority of schools following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tropical Storm Imelda drops heavy rain and unleashes flooding in the northern Caribbean.

Humberto has strengthened quickly to become a powerful Category 5 hurricane and is forecast to continue strengthening through the weekend, the U.S. Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The hurricane was located about 350 miles (563.