#fujiwhara-effect

#fujiwhara-effect

Four states are bracing for dangerous flooding brought by Tropical Storm Imelda over the next 24 hours as forecasters revealed that the storm's path could soon shift dramatically. Meteorologists revealed that the Fujiwhara Effect may save the East Coast from a devastating direct hit, with the Category 4 Hurricane Humberto projected to pull Imelda away from Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas.

A rare weather phenomenon could leave the flood-ravaged southeast under water again as two huge storm systems get closer to converging. Hurricane expert Chad Merrill told the Daily Mail that he fears Hurricane Humberto, a cyclone currently swirling over the north of the Caribbean, could soon collide with a brewing tropical storm near the same waters, named Imelda. The combined forces could trigger a terrifying result known as the Fujiwhara Effect, where tropical storms join forces in what meteorologists call a 'dance'