including over Cuba where landslides killed at least one man. The storm was located about 90 miles (145 kilometres) north of Great Abaco Island of The Bahamas, which is still recovering from Hurricane Dorian after it slammed into parts of The Bahamas as a devastating Category 5 hurricane in 2019. Imelda had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) and was moving north at 9 mph (15 kph). It was forecast to become a hurricane on Tuesday morning and spin out to open ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. A tropical storm warning was in effect for parts the extreme northwestern Bahamas, including Great Abaco, Grand Bahama Island and the surrounding keys. Power outages were reported in some areas, with the authorities closing government offices on affected islands and issuing mandatory evacuation orders for some islands over the weekend.

Imelda was expected to drop four to eight inches (10 to 20 centimetres) of rain across the northwest Bahamas through to Tuesday, and two to four inches (5 to 10 centimetres) across eastern Cuba. State media in Cuba reported that 60-year-old Luis Mario Pérez Coiterio died in Santiago de Cuba following landslides in that area. “After two days of intense rains in the municipality of Santiago de Cuba, we are now in the stage of saving human lives and the economy of the entire city,” Mayor Indira Oliva Bueno said, according to a broadcast aired by the official Caribe channel. (Jamaica Gleaner)