TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hurricane Humberto has strengthened into a Category 5. Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Nine is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm Saturday night or early Sunday. Heavy rains continue over portions of eastern Cuba and the Bahamas.

National Hurricane Center predicts that the storm will begin picking up speed on Monday as it starts turning to the northwest and then to the north later in the day. Hurricane-force winds extend 25 miles from the center, and tropical storm-force winds extend up to 105 miles.

While the hurricane isn't expected to make landfall, it will likely bring large swells and strong rip currents to parts of the Caribbean and the Southeast U.S.

NHC is also keeping an eye on a tropical depression that's expected to strengthen into a hurricane on

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