Humberto has maximum sustained winds of nearly 100 mph and a minimum central pressure of 972 mb. It has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm. The hurricane is forecast to travel north-northwest before gradually turning to travel more northward, then east-northeast late Tuesday or Wednesday.

For Florida, the bottom line: no direct landfall impacts are expected, but rough seas, rip currents, and dangerous beach conditions will develop early next week.

A new Florida law, which takes effect Oct. 1, was inspired by a dog that was tied up and abandoned during Hurricane Milton.

It's been a year since Hurricane Helene flooded the southern Appalachians after tearing into Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 storm, but scars remain.