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Imelda Nears Bermuda at Near-Category 2 Strength as Humberto Tracks Northeast

Bermuda has shut key services as forecasts call for hurricane‑force winds, storm surge, damaging waves, flash flooding.

Overview

  • Imelda holds 90 mph sustained winds and is forecast to pass very near Bermuda this afternoon or evening before accelerating away on Thursday.
  • Authorities issued a hurricane warning for Bermuda and closed the international airport, public schools and government offices ahead of the storm.
  • Forecasters expect 2–4 inches of rain, a dangerous storm surge and large, damaging waves, with sustained hurricane‑force winds possible for several hours.
  • Humberto remains a Category 1 well north of Bermuda with 80 mph winds and is expected to merge with a frontal boundary tonight while staying over open water.
  • Swells from both hurricanes are producing life‑threatening surf and rip currents from the Bahamas and Bermuda to much of the U.S. East Coast, where beach erosion and multiple Outer Banks home collapses were reported; earlier this week Imelda caused deadly flooding in eastern Cuba and flooding in the Bahamas and Haiti.