Category Four hurricane Nicole heading towards Bermuda

Workers try to rescue corn from a hog feed warehouse as the Neuse River floods following Hurricane Matthew in Kinston, North Carolina, U.S., October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Nicole Craine

(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)