Tropical Storm Ernesto dropped heavy rainfall on eastern Puerto Rico and left hundreds of thousands without power as it threatened to strengthen into a major hurricane. Ernesto is expected to become a hurricane later Wednesday morning and make its closest approach to Bermuda on Saturday as a major Category 3 storm. Ernesto is the fifth named storm of the above-average 2024 Atlantic hurricane season predicted due to warm ocean temperatures. Heavy swells were forecast along the U.S. East Coast as Ernesto moves north-northwest in the open Atlantic waters.
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00:02Tropical storm Ernesto dropped heavy rainfall on eastern Puerto Rico and left hundreds of
00:07thousands without power as it threatened to strengthen into a major hurricane.
00:11Ernesto is expected to become a hurricane later Wednesday morning and make its closest
00:15approach to Bermuda on Saturday as a major Category 3 storm.
00:20Ernesto is the fifth named storm of the above-average 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, predicted
00:25due to warm ocean temperatures.
00:28Heavy swells were forecast along the U.S. east coast as Ernesto moves north-northwest
00:32in the open Atlantic waters.
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