Imelda strengthened right into a hurricane early Tuesday and was forecast to move away from the Bahamas and southeastern U.S. and towards Bermuda, in line with the Miami-based Nationwide Hurricane Middle.
Imelda is the ninth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. It shaped on Sunday within the western Atlantic.
Hurricane Imelda forecast maps
As of Tuesday afternoon, Imelda’s heart was situated 665 miles west-southwest of Bermuda, with most sustained winds of 85 mph. It was transferring east-northeast at 12 mph, the hurricane heart stated.
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“On the forecast observe, the middle of the hurricane will strategy Bermuda Wednesday afternoon,” the hurricane heart stated, including: “Some extra strengthening is forecast through the subsequent day or so.”
Anyplace from 2 to 4 inches of rain is predicted throughout Bermuda from Wednesday into Thursday, which might result in flash flooding, the NHC stated. A harmful storm surge can be anticipated to provide coastal flooding in Bermuda “in areas of onshore winds,” the hurricane heart stated, including that the surge “shall be accompanied by giant and damaging waves.”
Swells generated by Imelda and Hurricane Humberto, farther out within the Atlantic, “are affecting the Bahamas and are at the moment spreading to a lot of the U.S. East Coast. These swells are prone to trigger life-threatening surf and rip present situations,” forecasters stated.
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Warnings and watches for Imelda
A hurricane warning is in impact for Bermuda, which means hurricane situations are anticipated to happen there inside 36 hours.
A tropical storm warning for the northwestern Bahamas was canceled Monday evening.
Imelda follows Hurricane Humberto
Imelda comes on the heels of Hurricane Humberto, which quickly intensified to a serious hurricane over the Atlantic on Saturday however shouldn’t be anticipated to succeed in land. Humberto reached as excessive as a Class 5 on Saturday earlier than starting to weaken. Tuesday morning, it was a Class 2 with sustained winds of about 100 mph.
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Forecasters stated final week there was a small risk the 2 programs might work together, creating what’s generally known as a Fujiwhara impact, a uncommon phenomenon wherein two totally different storms merge and turn out to be entangled round a newly shaped, frequent heart. Nevertheless, they stated it wasn’t thought of a possible end result on this case.
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