Hurricane Imelda hits Bermuda
Hurricane Imelda struck the Bermuda Islands in the North Atlantic on Thursday, with sustained winds of 155 kilometres per hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Centre said.
The storm, classified as category two on a five-step scale, was expected to move across the islands in the coming hours.
The hurricane centre warned of hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall, which could trigger flash floods. A dangerous storm surge with “large and damaging waves” is also forecast.
Earlier, forecasts had predicted that Imelda would pass Bermuda without making landfall.
The sudden change in course was linked to Hurricane Humberto, which passed Bermuda on Tuesday and influenced Imelda’s trajectory, the newspaper, The Royal Gazette, reported.
Hurricane Imelda had already caused heavy rains and flooding in the Caribbean on Monday.
Two people were killed in Cuba’s eastern provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz said on X.
Tropical cyclones formed over warm ocean waters.
The Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June 1 to November 30.
(dpa/NAN)
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