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Cristobal strengthens into hurricane off Bahamas

By David McFadden
Published August 26, 2014 3:51am ET
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Cristobal strengthens into hurricane off Bahamas
This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at 10:45 a.m. EDT shows showers and thunderstorms affecting portions of the central Gulf Coast as a frontal boundary was sinking into the region. Thunderstorms were also in place over the Upper Mississippi Valley and western Great Lakes as a cold front was slowly pushing in from the West. Much of the East was sunny under the influence of high pressure. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Cristobal, which is expected to remain over the Atlantic, was producing showers and thunderstorms across the southeastern Bahamas, eastern Cuba and Hispaniola. (AP Photo/Weather Underground) | uncredited

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Cristobal strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic as it moved away from the Bahamas on Monday, leaving behind flooded communities across a swath of soaked Caribbean islands and at least five fatalities.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said that by Monday evening the hurricane was centered about 660 miles (1,065 kilometers) southwest of Bermuda. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) and was tracking east at 2 mph (4 kph).

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