Category Four hurricane Nicole heading towards Bermuda

Hurricane Nicole is seen in the Atlantic Ocean in an image from NOAA's GOES-East satellite Hurricane Nicole is seen in the Atlantic Ocean in an image from NOAA's GOES-East satellite taken at 1:15pm ET (17:45 GMT) October 11, 2016. NOAA/Handout via REUTERS

Oct 12 (Reuters) – Extremely dangerous Category Four hurricane Nicole was heading for Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday.

Nicole was located about 180 miles (290 kilometers) south-southwest of Bermuda and was packing maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour (215 km/h), the NHC said.

The core of Nicole will pass over or near Bermuda on Thursday, the NHC added.

(Reporting By Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by
Gopakumar Warrier)

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