Hurricane Imelda formed on Tuesday as it moved away from Florida and the Bahamas with a path that could make a direct hit on Bermuda, according to the National Hurricane Center.

We usually see a shift in the Atlantic hurricane season during the month of October. We may see fewer storms compared with September, however, the ones that do form can be just as impactful.

B UXTON, N.C. (WNCN) — The videos from the past few days of houses collapsing and falling into the water along the Outer Banks have been everywhere, but hurricanes Imelda and Humberto were hundreds of miles away from North Carolina. How did they play a role in those structures crashing into the ocean? It’s all about waves.

Catarina made landfall near Santa Catarina state on March 28 with estimated 100-mph winds, damaging or destroying tens of thousands of homes. It was the first recorded hurricane-strength storm in the South Atlantic, making it a milestone in meteorological history.

Hurricane Imelda is descending on Bermuda as a Category 2 storm that forecasters have warned is expected to bring potentially destructive weather to the British territory.

Hurricane Imelda formed Tuesday, Sept. 30, off the Florida coast. The Category 1 hurricane is expected to strengthen.

As it turns out, the hurricane naming system is an organized, multistep global process—not someone randomly selecting names for storms as they form. It involves an element of mystery and difficult decisions made on an annual basis.