Hurricane Bertha (2008) weakened to a tropical storm on July 13, and a large upper-level low over the central Atlantic steered it east and southeast. After generally maintaining its strength for several days, an eye redeveloped and convection became more symmetric about the feature on July 18, prompting the NHC to upgrade Bertha to a hurricane around 18:00 UTC that day. The storm rapidly accelerated ahead of a trough off the East Coast of the United States, forcing Bertha into rapidly cooler waters. Its wind field became extremely asymmetric and deep convection near the center dissipated, indicative of an extratropical transition that Bertha
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