Ernesto is expected to strengthen further before it passes near or over Bermuda on Saturday.
Officials on the tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean prepare to open shelters and close government offices.En esta imagen del satélite GOES-16 GeoColor tomada a las 16:00 EDT y distribuida por la Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica , se muestra el huracán Ernesto al noroeste de San Juan, Puerto Rico, avanzando hacia aguas abiertas, el 14 de agosto de 2024.
In preparation for the storm, officials in the wealthy British territory announced they would suspend public transportation and close the airport by Friday night.Bermuda is an archipelago of 181 very tiny islands whose land mass makes up roughly half the size of Miami, so it’s uncommon for the eye of a hurricane to make landfall, according to AccuWeather.It noted that since 1850, only 11 of 130 tropical storms that have come within 100 miles of Bermuda have made landfall.
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