Hurricane Imelda Swirls Away From Bermuda
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Hurricane Imelda is now closing in on Bermuda, just one day after Hurricane Humberto brushed the islands on Tuesday. And as of 11 a.m., the National Hurricane Center has issued its final advisory on Humberto, which has weakened and is no longer classified as a hurricane.
Swells generated by Imelda and nearby Hurricane Humberto have been affecting the Bahamas, and are spreading to much of the East Coast.
Imelda knocked out power to thousands on Bermuda and claimed several homes in North Carolinas Outer Banks. Here’s the latest.
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 is barreling toward Bermuda as forecasters warn it would swipe past the tiny British territory as a Category 2 storm
We can thank a natural phenomenon for that. Previous models had forecast heavy rain and wind might be part of the Broncos' Week 5 game in Philadelphia.
To put how bizarre a storm preventing a landfall is into perspective, the now post-tropical Humberto and Imelda were closer than any two hurricanes in at least 50 years as they swept out to sea.