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Crews spent Saturday preparing for a weather system that was forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early Sunday before approaching the coast of South Carolina as a hurricane early next week.
Cruise lines are changing Caribbean itineraries to avoid stormy weather.
There haven't been any tropical systems in the Gulf or Caribbean since June 30. That could change in these final two months of the hurricane season.
Dangerous tropical weather brewed Friday in the Atlantic Ocean with Humberto intensifying into a major Category 3 hurricane and a system forecasters dubbed
Hurricane Humberto's swells will probably cause "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions," the National Hurricane Center warned.
With two tropical storm systems in the western Atlantic and Caribbean, multiple Royal Caribbean ships are now changing plans.
Cruise itineraries have largely been spared from hurricane season’s wrath this year, but things have taken a sudden turn.
While Imelda is expected to move away from Florida and the United States, dangerous beach conditions, including rough surf, high seas and life-threatening rip currents are expected to continue spreading from Florida north to much of the U.S. east coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Royal Caribbean International is adjusting the itinerary of the upcoming cruise onboard the Star of the Seas due to a tropical storm. Sailing from Port Canaveral on September 28, 2025, the Icon-class vessel will switch from the Eastern Caribbean to the Western Caribbean.