The remnants of Hurricane Idalia are predicted to regain strength and reemerge as a tropical storm over the weekend as it approaches Bermuda. This comes after the storm made landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast and swept across the Southeast. The storm, previously a powerful Category 4 hurricane, has weakened to a post-tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 50 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 2 p.m. Eastern time, the storm was located 155 miles west southwest of Bermuda, where a tropical storm warning is in effect, indicating that tropical storm conditions are expected within 36 hours in the area. The storm’s center is expected to pass near or to the south of Bermuda on Saturday, with tropical storm-force winds extending 240 miles from the center.
Idalia is forecasted to transition back into a tropical storm on Saturday, bringing three to five inches of rain and hazardous surf conditions to Bermuda over the weekend, as stated by the Hurricane Center.
Bermuda, a British territory in the North Atlantic, is approximately 900 miles east of South Carolina. In addition to Idalia, there are three other named storm systems in the Atlantic: Hurricane Franklin, which impacted Bermuda and the East Coast of the United States with strong winds and rip currents; Tropical Storm Jose, expected to be absorbed by Franklin this weekend; and Gert, which recently regenerated into a tropical depression after briefly reaching tropical storm strength last month. Forecasters anticipate Gert will merge with Idalia over the central Atlantic in the next few days.
Idalia originally made landfall in Florida as a Category 3 hurricane, hitting the sparsely populated Big Bend region where the state’s peninsula meets the Panhandle. Although it caused flooding in fishing villages and beach towns along the coast, the damage was not as severe as initially anticipated. President Biden is scheduled to visit the state on Saturday.
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