Imelda, Florida and National Hurricane Center
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Article last updated: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, 8 p.m. ET
Imelda formed alongside Hurricane Humberto, which had weakened to a Category 2 storm by Tuesday morning after undergoing rapid intensification over the weekend. Humberto and Imelda follow hurricanes Erin and Gabrielle. As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, Imelda was 180 miles north of Great Abaco and moving northeast at 7 mph.
Will it rain today? Atlantic hurricane season is June 1 to Nov. 30, 2025, with most tropical storm activity between August and October in Florida.
The National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. Tuesday update reported that Tropical Storm Imelda is in the Atlantic Ocean, 165 miles north of Great Abaco Island and 755 miles west-southwest of Bermuda. Packing maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, it is tracking northeast at 7 mph. Imelda is expected to become a hurricane on Wednesday.
Carnival Elation has become the ninth ship in the fleet to be impacted by the Atlantic hurricanes. The five-night September 29 sailing out of Jacksonville, Florida, is no longer heading to Princess Cays in the Bahamas on October 1. That will be a call to Nassau instead. The rest of the itinerary is as normal.
Hurricane Humberto is expected to produce dangerous surf for Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast this week while Tropical Storm Imelda is strengthening near the Bahamas. The National Hurricane Center
And, though pre-satellite storm data is less reliable, only one other hurricane pairing beats out Humberto and Imelda since record keeping began in 1851, according to Lowry. That involved two unnamed hurricanes were recorded just 428 miles apart in 1853.
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