Authorities in the Bahamas shut most schools as Tropical Storm Imelda battered the northern Caribbean with heavy rainfall, leading to evacuations, power outages and fatalities in neighbouring Cuba.

The storm, hovering about 140 miles (220 kilometres) north of Great Abaco Island, carried maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) while moving north at 8 mph (13 kph). According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, Imelda was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by Tuesday morning as it veered into the open Atlantic.

The Bahamas, still scarred by the devastation of Hurricane Dorian in 2019, faced renewed anxiety as Imelda swept across its northern islands. A tropical storm warning had been issued for Great Abaco, Grand Bahama and the surrounding keys, but was lifted early Tue

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