Hurricane Bertha (2008) to its peak as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) late that afternoon. Changes in wind shear and the storm's internal structure allowed Bertha to fluctuate in intensity over the next week as it passed very near Bermuda, but a track over cooler waters eventually caused the system to become an extratropical cyclone by July 20. It continued northeast and was absorbed by another low near Iceland the following day. Rough surf propelled by Bertha killed three people along the East Coast of the United States; hundreds of other swimmers were injured and/or required rescuing.
Bertha Hernández Fernández in 1954 by Josefina Valencia Muñoz and Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, she served as its first Chair with María Currea Manrique as her Deputy. Bertha was born on 17 April 1907 in Medellín, Antioquia to Antonio María Hernández Suárez and Mercedes Fernández Echavarría. She married Mariano Ospina Pérez on 18 July 1926 at the Christian Brothers Chapel in Medellíin. Mariano and Bertha had five children: Mariano, Rodrigo, Fernando, Gonzalo, and María Clara. Bertha Hernández Fernández Bertha Hernández Fernández (17 April 1907–11 September 1993) was the wife of the 17th President of Colombia, Mariano Ospina Pérez, and served as First Lady of