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(CNN) - The Bahamas avoided the worst part of tropical storm Humberto, which is expected to become a hurricane this Sunday.
Humberto moves away from the Bahamas and is currently about 135 miles (217 km) north of Great Abaco Island and 175 miles (281km) east of Cape Canaveral, Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) acronym in English).
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The storm has maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (about 96 km / h), according to the NHC. But it is slowly strengthening and is expected to become a hurricane this Sunday, said CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam.
It is then expected to move north, at sea from Florida and then away from the continental US. UU., Said the NHC.
Fears of a second storm
There was concern about what Humberto would take to the Bahamas, where hundreds of people are still missing after Category 5 Dorian hurricane hit the Abaco and Grand Bahama islands. The death toll is currently 50, but search and rescue teams are still searching in the destroyed neighborhoods.
“Even if you are only talking about 2 to 10.2 centimeters (of rain), you should remember many of these houses, they have no roofs. Many of the buildings are already structurally compromised, so even a 50 or 60 mph wind can cause even more damage, ”said CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar.
It did rain on the islands, Van Dam said, but they didn't have the full impact of Humberto.
"They were saved from the strongest rain and the strongest winds, which focused north and east of the storm," Van Dam said, adding that the storm surge in the Bahamas was insignificant.
Evacuated from Dorian
Many in the Bahamas are still out of their homes after the chaos caused by Hurricane Dorian when it hit the islands about two weeks ago.
About 3,900 evacuees have been evacuated to South Florida by air and sea so far, authorities said, and few were rejected.
The number includes US citizens, legal residents, Bahamians and people from other countries who evacuated the islands after the storm.
Palm Beach County, Florida, has begun enrolling displaced students fleeing Dorian's damage. The Palm Beach County Education Foundation provides backpacks loaded with school supplies to students, which it plans to open its school supply store so that evacuated families can purchase them for free, said district spokeswoman Julie Houston Trieste.
Christina Maxouris and Jason Hanna of CNN contributed to this report.
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