Ernesto Gets Stronger After Leaving Bermuda and Becomes a Hurricane Again

Damages left by the tides generated by Ernesto, Aug 2024 Photo: @NuevoMundoGT

August 19, 2024 Hour: 2:49 pm

The National Hurricane Center highlights that Ernesto is heading north-east into the Atlantic, causing a huge swell on the east coast of the USA. and Canada.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC). reported on the Monday eve that tropical storm Ernesto managed to intensify and become a Category I hurricane again after moving away from the Bermuda Islands, with sustained maximum winds of 120 kilometers per hour.

The NHC highlights that Ernesto is heading north-east into the Atlantic, causing a great swell on the east coast of the USA. and Canada that have taken the life of a person and generate rescue situations. The meteor is expected to strengthen over the next 12 hours until it weakens into a post-tropical cyclone on Tuesday.

According to the NHC, the center of the storm was about 840 kilometers south of the Canadian city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is expected to pass near southeast Newfoundland late on Monday and early on Tuesday. Life-threatening waves and currents are likely to occur in these areas in the coming days.

The US Weather Service issued a coastal flood warning and warned of high risk currents along the Atlantic coast until late on Monday, warning that «can drag even the best swimmers away from the coast into deeper waters».

Tropical Storm #Ernesto Advisory 26: Ernesto Moving Away From Bermuda But Tropical Storm Conditions Expected For a Few More Hours. Dangerous Beach Conditions Expected Along the U. S. East Coast Through Early Next Week. https://t.co/tW4KeGe9uJ
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 18, 2024

Meteorologists extended the flood warning from the state of Florida to the Boston city area and parts of the Maine region, as in periods of high risk, sea currents become more likely and potentially more frequent, representing a danger to the population.