Though Hampton Roads is not expected to be hit by Humberto, which strengthened to a hurricane overnight Friday, the region will still feel its effects next week with strong winds, heavy rainfall and risks of flooding.

Humberto has been creeping northward from Puerto Rico toward the East Coast in recent days and is now a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds topping 145 mph, according to Mike Dutter, Science Operations Officer for the National Weather Service in Wakefield. Dutter said during a Saturday morning advisory the storm is still ragged and has recently settled, and newest tracks keep the storm away from Virginia.

“The good news, at least for local areas, is that the storm is expected to stay well offshore,” Dutter said.

But Humberto isn’t the only storm the weather servi

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