After Hitting Southeastern U.S., a Newly Threatening Idalia Approaches Bermuda

The remnants of Hurricane Idalia had been forecast to regain energy and change into a tropical storm once more over the weekend because it approached Bermuda, days after the storm made landfall alongside Florida’s Gulf Coast and swept throughout the Southeast.

On Friday, the storm, which was as soon as a strong Category 4 hurricane, had weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, with most sustained winds of 60 miles per hour, in line with the National Hurricane Center. At 8 a.m. Eastern time, the storm was 250 miles west of Bermuda, the place a tropical storm watch was in impact.

Idalia was anticipated to transition again right into a tropical storm on Saturday and produce between three and 5 inches of rain and unsafe surf circumstances to Bermuda over the weekend, the Hurricane Center mentioned.

Bermuda, a British territory within the North Atlantic with about 65,000 residents, is almost 900 miles east of South Carolina.

Idalia is considered one of 4 named storm methods within the Atlantic: Hurricane Franklin, which introduced excessive winds to Bermuda and harmful rip currents alongside the East Coast of the United States this week; Tropical Storm Jose, which is prone to be absorbed by Franklin this weekend; and Gert, which reached tropical storm energy for lower than a day final month however regenerated early Friday right into a tropical melancholy.

Forecasters mentioned the fashions are in “relatively good agreement” that Gert can be absorbed by Idalia over the central Atlantic over the subsequent three to 4 days.

Idalia made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday in a sparsely populated space of the Big Bend area, the place the state’s peninsula meets the Panhandle. It was the primary main storm to hit Florida this hurricane season, however whereas it swamped the fishing villages and seaside cities alongside the coast, the harm didn’t seem like as unhealthy as had been feared. President Biden plans to go to the state on Saturday.