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Hurricane Imelda Hits Category 2 as It Bears Down on Bermuda

Islandwide closures reflect forecasts of a close pass tonight with hurricane-force winds, storm surge, 2 to 4 inches of rain.

This map shows the National Hurricane Center’s projected path for Hurricane Imelda. 
Hurricane Humberto, once a major hurricane, is a Category 1 in the northwest Atlantic. Humberto’s remnants are expected to be absorbed by Hurricane Imelda as it approaches Bermuda.
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Humberto will become a post tropical system by the end of the day. (WPEC)

Overview

  • Imelda strengthened to 100 mph late Wednesday morning and was about 340 miles west-southwest of Bermuda, with its core forecast to pass near or over the islands tonight, the NHC said.
  • Bermuda shut its airport, schools and government offices, suspended public transport, closed the Causeway and opened an emergency operations center ahead of the worst conditions.
  • A Hurricane Warning remains in effect, with forecasters expecting damaging waves, coastal inundation from storm surge and 2–4 inches of rain that could trigger flash flooding.
  • Humberto, once a large Category 5, weakened and lost tropical status Wednesday as it merged with a frontal boundary; the two storms had approached unusually close in a Fujiwhara-like interaction.
  • Long-period swells continue to batter the Bahamas and the U.S. East Coast with life‑threatening rip currents and erosion, after two deaths in Cuba, a Florida drowning and at least five Outer Banks home collapses.