Hurricane Florence: Cover of Bermuda Trail, Florence Road, Models, Last Category 3 Hurricane Forecast Today

MIAMI – Hurricane Florence became the first major storm of the Atlantic season Wednesday as it evolved on a path that could lead it to Bermuda. At 11 am ET, the maximum winds blown from Category 3 hurricane were about 125 mph.

Hurricane Florence was centered about 1 370 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and was moving northwest at 13 mph.

"Some weakening is possible in the next few days, but Florence is expected to remain a strong hurricane early next week," said forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami on Wednesday morning.

In the United States, Tropical Storm Gordon was never a hurricane, but it was deadly still, killing a child by throwing a tree on a mobile home while it reached the mainland. The storm weakened later in a depression on Wednesday, but remained unsafe, spilling rain, sparking tornadoes and causing heavy waves of surf.

The hurricane center said Gordon was weakening on a path in Arkansas after hitting the coast at 70 mph just before the hurricane force near Pascagoula, Mississippi. The remains are likely to cause instant flooding in parts of seven states and north to Iowa in the coming days.