SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The core of Hurricane Imelda was moving past Bermuda early Thursday and weather conditions were expected to improve around the British territory.

A hurricane warning remained in effect. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami previously warned Imelda could bring hurricane-force winds, damaging waves and flash flooding.

“Conditions on the island expected to improve during the next several hours,” the center said in a 2 a.m. update.

The storm was about 80 miles (125 kilometers) east-northeast of Bermuda and moving east-northeast at 30 mph (48 kph). The maximum sustained winds fell to 90 mph (150 kph) as the storm weakened from Category 2 to Category 1 strength.

Imelda was expected to drop between 2 and 4 inches (5 and 10 centimeters) of rain and produce a

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