Hurricane Imelda Strengthens Near Bermuda, Impacts East Coast With Flooding Risks

Hurricane Imelda, the fourth hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, is strengthening as it moves away from Florida toward Bermuda, expected to bring hurricane-force winds, damaging waves, and flash flooding there. While not making landfall in the U.S., Imelda and Hurricane Humberto are causing dangerous surf, life-threatening rip currents, and coastal flooding along the U.S. East Coast, including Florida and the Carolinas. Rainfall forecasts predict 1 to 4 inches in parts of South Carolina and North Carolina, with wind gusts strong enough to topple trees and cause power outages along the Southeast coast. Imelda's swells and Humberto's impacts extend well beyond the storm centers, prompting warnings for residents to stay out of the water due to hazardous conditions. Both storms are being closely monitored with hurricane warnings in effect for Bermuda, while no tropical storm or hurricane watches are currently active on the U.S. mainland. The National Hurricane Center emphasizes that forecasts show the most likely track of the storm center but impacts can be felt far from that path, and the storms' behavior is being tracked using the most reliable weather models.