Hurricane Joaquin weakens as it heads towards Bermuda

Joaquin was downgraded to a Category Two hurricane Sunday as it headed towards Bermuda, where it is expected to dump rain and generate damaging winds as it swirls nearby, forecasters said. The hurricane's center is expected to pass west of Bermuda in the afternoon and continue past the north of the island nation Sunday night, the US National Hurricane Center said in its latest statement. Joaquin's outer rainbands were already thrashing the island early Sunday, with dangerous winds forecast to fo