Hurricane, Tropical Storm Imelda
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Hurricane forecasters highlighted two new disturbances in the Atlantic Ocean Thursday morning, including a potential area of low pressure that could bring rain to the Gulf Coast. The low-pressure system could form in the next couple of days near southern Florida, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 7 a.m. Thursday.
Imelda was upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane on Tuesday and threatened to bring hurricane conditions to Bermuda by Wednesday evening.
Hurricane Imelda on Wednesday took aim at Bermuda having intensified into a Category 2 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center, and by evening the agency said it expects a tropical wave
Hurricane Humberto, which had been racing ahead of Imelda, dissipated Wednesday after passing west of Bermuda on Tuesday. Its remnants were named Storm Amy by U.K. forecasters, who warned it would affect much of Ireland and the U.K. starting Friday.
As of 2 p.m. Sept. 28, Tropical Storm Imelda is located about 95 miles west-northwest of the Central Bahamas and 370 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral, moving northwestward at 7 mph with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.
Swells generated by Imelda and nearby Hurricane Humberto have been affecting the Bahamas, and are spreading to much of the East Coast.
Forecasters are monitoring Hurricane Imelda, now a Category 2 hurricane, as it moves to Bermuda, according to the National Hurricane Center. According to a 7 p.m. ET advisory on Wednesday, Oct. 1 from the NHC, the hurricane is located about 100 miles west-southwest of Bermuda.
Hurricane Imelda is barreling toward Bermuda as forecasters warn it would swipe past the tiny British territory as a Category 2 storm.
Forecasts for early October indicate that there's almost certainly more activity to come. On Oct. 2, two new potential storms were developing.
The National Hurricane Center is watching two tropical disturbances in the Atlantic basin, including one off the eastern coast of Florida.
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, 11 a.m. ET Article last updated: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, 2 p.m. ET System type: Hurricane, Category 1 System name: Imelda At 2 p.m. Thursday, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that Category 1 Hurricane Imelda is in the Atlantic Ocean,
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