As a storm, Ernesto gained hurricane strength again on Sunday and is causing dangerous backwash on beaches along the east coast of the United States and Canada, the US National Hurricane Watch Center (NHC) reported, UNN writes citing Reuters.
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Forecasters also said that more strengthening is expected over the next 12 hours, followed by weakening before it becomes a post-tropical cyclone on Tuesday.
Hurricane Ernesto is located approximately 1,312 km southwest of Newfoundland, Canada, and has maximum sustained winds of 120 km per hour, according to the latest data.
Center Ernesto will pass near southeastern Newfoundland from late Monday through Tuesday morning, bringing wind, waves and rain, the NHC added.
Ernesto is the fifth Atlantic storm to bear the name in what is expected to be an intense hurricane season.
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Hurricane Ernesto hit Puerto Rico, as well as the US and British Virgin Islands last week. LUMA Energy, the main electricity provider in the Caribbean islands, reported that more than 725,000 homes and businesses were without power after heavy rains.
Hurricane Ernesto turns into a tropical storm off Bermuda19.08.24, 06:50
The Category 1 storm then moved into Bermuda, causing power outages, downing trees and flooding parts of the island on Saturday, but officials said the British Isles territory appeared to have escaped serious damage.