Following Hurricane Ernesto’s arrival, Bermuda begins to batten down.
Before Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on Friday, residents of Bermuda were getting ready for severe weather. As Hurricane Ernesto, a category 2 storm, approached Bermuda, a British territory, it forced many buildings and businesses to close on Friday morning. About 215 miles separated the storm and Bermuda’s southern coast. Hurricane Ernesto was traveling northward at around 14 miles per hour, with winds as high as 100 mph. “Ernesto is expected to bring a prolonged period of strong winds and storm surge on Bermuda starting this afternoon through Saturday night,” the National Hurricane Center warned in an alert. There is a hurricane warning in force for the island, and plans are being made to Protecting people and property needs to be finished quickly.” “Heavy rainfall associated with Ernesto is expected to impact Bermuda through this weekend and will likely result in considerable life-threatening flash flooding, especially in low-lying areas on the island,” the statement stated. “Even though Ernesto is forecast to remain well offshore the U.S. East Coast, swell generated by the hurricane are expected to affect the area through the weekend.
Rainfall from the storm is predicted to range from 6 to 12 inches, with isolated places possibly receiving up to 15 inches. With hurricane-force winds up to 70 miles (110 kilometers) from the center and tropical storm-force winds up to 265 miles (425 kilometers) out, forecasters emphasized the enormity of Hurricane Ernesto. In anticipation of Hurricane Ernesto’s approach, Bermudan officials announced earlier this week that the island’s airport and public transit would be closed. Ahead of the storm, a few nearby grocery stores are also anticipated to close later today evening. Michael Weeks, Bermuda’s minister of national security, has previously advised locals to make their storm preparations ahead of time.
Time is running out,” he said. Bermuda, an archipelago, is made up 181 different islands, that combined, are around the size of Manhattan. Ernesto previously struck the northeast Caribbean, leaving hundreds of thousands without power or water in Puerto Rico after passing the U.S. territory as a tropical storm. Over 250,000 residents in Puerto Rico were left without power after Hurricane Ernesto passed by, while roughly 170,000 were left without fresh water.
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