Humberto rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane Saturday, with parts of the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Bermuda beginning to see its impact, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.

There were no immediate watches or warnings issued for Humberto, but those in the Bermuda were urged to monitor its progress. The National Weather Service said the storm could bring hazards to Bermuda in a few days.

The storm is one of two systems swirling over the western Atlantic that could potentially bring some downstream impacts to parts of the Southeast U.S. coast, from Florida to North Carolina, the director of the Miami-based hurricane center, Michael Brennan, said.As of Sunday morning, Humberto was located about 585 miles south of Bermuda. It was moving west-northwest at about 13 mph with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, according to the NHC.

The storm is likely to remain a major hurricane for the next several days, forecasters said. A storm is deemed a “major” hurricane if it’s a Category 3, 4 or 5 due to the potential for “significant loss of life and damage,” the center says.

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