Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane.
This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4:30 p.m. EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Ernesto over the Atlantic Ocean and moving west-northwest toward the Lesser Antilles, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024.
The storm was about 230 miles east-southeast of Antigua late Monday. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving west at 28 mph. Ernesto is the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.Officials in the French Caribbean said the storm was expected to drench Guadeloupe on Monday and pass near St. Barts and St. Martin. The National Hurricane Center said Ernesto is forecast to move over or near Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands on Tuesday evening.
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