Ernesto picked up strength as a hurricane early Monday as it headed farther out in the Atlantic toward easternmost Canada, the National Hurricane Center said.
Ernesto picked up strength as a hurricane early Monday as it headed farther out in the Atlantic toward easternmost Canada, but the storm is expected to stay offshore, causing powerful swells, dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast, the National Hurricane Center said. Ernesto ’s maximum sustained winds increased Monday to near 90 mph , with higher gusts, the hurricane center said. It is expected to weaken and become a post-tropical storm by Tuesday, the center said.
The weather service posted a coastal flood advisory and warned of a high risk for rip currents along the Atlantic coast through Monday evening, saying they “can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.”A warning extended from Florida to the Boston area and portions of Maine.Forecasters, citing local emergency management, said a 41-year-old man drowned Saturday in a rip current at Surf City, North Carolina.
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