La Plata river floods a road after Tropical Storm Ernesto passed through Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Aug. 14, 2024.
Forecasters said the size is generally larger than their previous forecast, with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 110 kilometers (68 miles) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 425 kilometers (265 miles), so the dangers from Ernesto are unchanged.
Ernesto’s life-threatening swells are expected to affect portions of the Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas and Bermuda.
Even though Ernesto is predicted to remain well off the U.S. East Coast, forecasters said the storm is expected to generate swells along the shoreline into the weekend. These swells could pose a significant risk of life-threatening surf and rip currents.
Ernesto brought heavy wind and rain to the northern Caribbean as it moved through Wednesday. It knocked out power, downed trees and forced schools and businesses to close in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where many of the island’s businesses and homes lost power.
Ernesto is the fifth named storm and the third hurricane of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.
Some information for this report was provided by The Associated Press and Reuters.
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