August 17, 2024 3:43 PM

Hurricane Ernesto hits Bermuda as a weakened but still dangerous storm

Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on Bermuda early on Saturday and was expected to batter the British island territory with powerful winds, a dangerous storm surge and potentially deadly flooding. Ernesto was carrying top sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, although it had weakened to a Category 1 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale as it approached. By 5 a.m., the storm was centred over Bermuda, an archipelago with a population of aroun...