Overview

• Imelda was about 55 miles north of Great Abaco with 60 mph winds and is forecast by the National Hurricane Center to strengthen into a hurricane and turn east‑northeast away from the U.S. coast.
• A tropical storm warning covered Eleuthera, the Abacos and Grand Bahama as Bahamian authorities closed most schools, shuttered some government offices, reported power outages and ordered evacuations on some islands.
• Cuban state media reported one death in Santiago de Cuba from landslides linked to heavy rain, with officials citing 1,291 evacuations, 158 people in shelters and deliveries of food and drinking water.
• Hurricane Humberto remained a Category 4 with 140 mph winds roughly 320 miles southwest of Bermuda, where a tropical storm watch was posted as officials urged residents to prepare.
• Forecasters warned of hazardous surf, life‑threatening rip currents and pockets of heavy rain along parts of the U.S. Southeast, with gusts near 40 mph at the coast and emergency readiness steps underway in the Carolinas.