Hurricane Imelda, which can be seen at the left, next to Hurricane Humberto, was expected to move toward Bermuda in the coming days. Photo courtesy of NOAA
Sept. 29 (UPI) — Imelda strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday morning as it made its way northeast toward Bermuda, where officials issued a hurricane warning, the National Hurricane Center said.
The eye of the Category 1 storm was located about 735 miles west-southwest of Bermuda. It was moving northeast at 7 mph.
Imelda, the ninth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, a slight increase over the course of the morning, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. EDT Tuesday update.
Imelda initially moved toward the west-north west, but the storm made a turn toward the northeast overnight.
“On the forecast track, the center of the hurricane should continue to move away from the Bahamas today and be approaching Bermuda Wednesday afternoon,” the NHC said.
The NHC said Imelda could bring damaging hurricane-force winds to Bermuda