A hurricane warning was in effect for Bermuda, with Ernesto expected to pass near or over the island on Saturday.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Ernesto strengthened into a Category 2 storm Thursday night as it barreled toward Bermuda after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico without power or water. Sweltering heat enveloped the U.S. territory, raising concerns about people’s health.The storm was centered about 410 miles south-southwest of Bermuda late Thursday. Its maximum sustained winds had risen to 100 mph , and the storm was moving north-northeast at 14 mph over open waters.
“All of the guidance show this system as a large hurricane near Bermuda,” said the National Hurricane Center in Miami.Meanwhile, the spinning storm on Thursday was generating southern winds in Puerto Rico, which have a heating effect as opposed to the typical cooling trade winds that blow from the east.
Hundreds of thousands also were without water as many questioned the widespread power outage given that Ernesto was only a tropical storm when it spun past the island.
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