For now they are calling it ‘Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine’, for the residents still reeling from Hurricane Dorian, the name does not matter.
Bahamian government officials issued a tropical storm warning for several northwestern islands last night, hard on the heels of the strongest hurricane on record that left a catastrophic trail of devastation in the path of Dorian.
According to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), the tropical cyclone is expected to form in the coming hours near the northwestern Bahamas.
The storm system is expected to strengthen and become Tropical Storm Humberto.
Islands included in the Tropical Storm Warning includes The Abacos, Berry Islands, Bimini, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama Island (including Freeport) and New Providence (including Nassau, the capital city of the Bahamas).
The storm system brewing is now posing a new threat to the northern islands of the Bahamas hard hit and still reeling fromĀ Hurricane Dorian.
Forecasters say it could become a tropical storm over the weekend.
It comes as the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season reaches its statistical peak period in the weeks surrounding September 10 – the time when weather conditions favour storms forming quickly.
The NHC said teams searching for the countless people missing in the aftermath of Dorian will face heavy rain and tropical storm conditions in the days ahead, while grappling with what is already a “humanitarian crisis” in the Bahamas.




The system could become a tropical storm within the next day or so, bringing heavy winds and rain within the northwest Bahamas by late Friday.
The NHC also advised residents on Florida’s east coast to monitor this storm system’s progress.
Tropical storm force winds “of at least 39 mph are expected in the northwest Bahamas by late Friday. The “potential tropical cyclone” is expected to produce “total rain accumulations of 2 to 4 inches through Sunday over the Bahamas”.
“This includes Grand Bahama Island and the Abacos, the islands most devastated by Hurricane Dorian.
“People in the Bahamas, as well as the Turks and Caicos, should be prepared for flooding from heavy rain, gusty winds from squalls and building surf conditions,” according to AccuWeather
As of 5pm EDT Thursday, the system was located about 235 miles southeast of Great Abaco Island with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph.