Hurricane Ernesto has made landfall on the tiny British Atlantic territory of Bermuda as residents hunker down. The wide and slow-moving category 1 storm was directly over the the wealthy territory at 6 a.m. Saturday, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) . The U.S.
Hurricane Ernesto charged toward Bermuda on Friday as officials in the tiny British territory in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean opened shelters and closed government offices. This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4:40 p.m EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Ernesto in the Atlantic Ocean south-southwest of Bermuda , Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4:40 p.
Due to the large size of the storm and its slow movement, hurricane-strength winds are expected to continue until Saturday afternoon, with tropical storm-strength winds continuing well into Sunday, the Bermuda government said. Ernesto is moving toward the north-northeast at around 9 mph . In preparation for the storm, officials in the wealthy British territory had suspended public transportation and closed the airport on Friday night.
According to AccuWeather, it’s uncommon for the eye of a hurricane to make landfall in Bermuda. It noted that, before today, since 1850 only 11 of 130 tropical storms that came within 100 miles of Bermuda had landfall. More than 180,000 out of nearly 1.5 million clients were still without power more than two days after the storm. Another 170,000 were without water as the National Weather Service issued yet another severe heat advisory, warning of “dangerously hot and humid conditions.”
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