Ernesto is expected to threaten Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands with heavy rain, strong winds and rough surf before heading north and east toward Bermuda, forecasters say.
Tropical Storm Ernesto , the fifth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to bring heavy rain, strong winds and rough surf to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands before taking aim at Bermuda, likely as a hurricane.will be bringing heavy rain, strong winds and rough surf to Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands in the next two days before strengthening into a hurricane and curving north and east toward Bermuda by this weekend, forecasters said.
Tropical storm warnings — indicating tropical storm conditions are expected within 36 hours — are active in Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Barthelemy, Culebra, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts, St. Martin, Sint Maarten, the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Vieques.
“After passing Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Ernesto is forecast to turn northward over the western Atlantic,” the agency added. ”Additional strengthening is expected during the next few days, and Ernesto could reach hurricane strength by Thursday over the waters north of the Greater Antilles.”
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