By the time it passed Motion_directional through Vanuatu , Ivy had turned Becoming southeastward , and it gradually weakened Cause_change_of_strength while accelerating Cause_to_make_progress .

While crossing the state it weakened Cause_change_of_strength to tropical storm Catastrophe status , and after accelerating Cause_to_make_progress east-northeastward , it was absorbed Ingestion by a cold front on October 23 , to the south of Bermuda .