Hurricane Ernesto Approaches Bermuda

This is all you need to know about Hurricane Ernesto approaching some Caribbean areas.

Hurricane Ernesto was the costliest tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. The sixth tropical storm and first hurricane of the season, Ernesto developed from a tropical wave on August 24 in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Ernesto first affected the northern Caribbean, reaching minimal hurricane status near Haiti before weakening and moving across eastern Cuba as a tropical storm.

Hurricane Ernesto regained strength as it sat over Atlantic waters as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands recovered from the storm's broadside Thursday.

About 20% of residents and businesses in Puerto Rico remained without power as of Thursday, according to the island's energy provider LUMA Energy. Services remained under repair while parts of the island faced record breaking heat as 258,000 customers still lacked drinking water by 6 p.m., according to El Nuevo Dia.

The Category 1 hurricane was 450 miles south-southwest of Bermuda with sustained winds of 90 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center's 8 p.m. update.

You can track the storm's path with the latest maps and models below and follow along with USA TODAY's coverage of Tropical Storm Ernesto as the fifth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season moves through the Caribbean.

Source: Yahoo News