Hurricane Edouard weakening, moving away from U.S. coast: NHC

Three images of Edouard are shown as it transitions into a hurricane, from September 12, (L) to September 13 (C) and as a hurricane on September 14 in the Atlantic Ocean, as captured by NASA's Terra satellite, in this handout photo courtesy of NASA. REUTERS/NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team/Handout

(Reuters) - Hurricane Edouard, the first major hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, is weakening and accelerating north-eastward, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. Edouard was about 495 miles (795 km) east-northeast of Bermuda with maximum sustained wind of 90 mph (150 kph), NHC said. (Reporting by Anupam Chatterjee in Bangalore; Editing by Anand Basu)