Overview

• The National Hurricane Center’s early Thursday update placed Imelda about 125 km east-northeast of Bermuda with sustained winds near 150 km/h, moving east-northeast around 48 km/h into the open Atlantic.
• Bermuda experienced hurricane conditions overnight before the core moved away, and forecasters said weather on the island would improve through the morning.
• Officials warned that large swells, dangerous rip currents, coastal flooding, and beach erosion will persist along much of the U.S. East Coast for several days.
• Confirmed impacts include two deaths in Cuba from flooding, a 51-year-old man who drowned in Florida after being pulled by rip currents, and at least six Outer Banks houses that collapsed into the ocean amid coastal erosion and high surf.
• Experts noted Imelda and Humberto were unusually close at roughly 725 km apart this week, ranking among the closest named Atlantic storm pairs in the satellite era and contributing to enlarged wave fields.