Hurricane Ernesto began to pound Bermuda late Friday with heavy winds and rain after officials in the tiny British territory in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean opened shelters and closed government offices.
The Category 2 storm located 95 miles south-southwest of Bermuda was packing maximum sustained winds of 100 m.p.h. . It was moving northeast at 13 m.p.h. .Ernesto's large eye will likely be very near or over Bermuda early Saturday morning, with significant coastal flooding expected, according to the National Hurricane Center.The storm was forecast to dump between six to nine inches of rain.
Dangerous surf and rip currents are also possible on the Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas and Atlantic Canada during the next few days, according to the centre.La Plata river floods a road after Tropical Storm Ernesto passed through Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Ernesto previously battered the northeast Caribbean, where it left hundreds of thousands of people without power or water in Puerto Rico after swiping past the U.S. territory as a tropical storm.
Officials said they hoped to restore power to 90 per cent of nearly 1.5 million customers in Puerto Rico by Sunday, but have not said when they expect power to be fully restored.Of 152 locations of critical infrastructure without electricity that are being prioritized, 36 now have power, said Juan Saca, president of Luma Energy, a private company that operates the transmission and distribution of power on the island.
A white Florida woman was convicted Friday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black neighbour after the jury rejected her claims that she fired through a metal door in self-defence amid an ongoing dispute over children playing outside her home.In a sign that mediators believe a Gaza ceasefire deal is imminent, a U.S.
A man from the Greater Toronto Area said he was refused a car rental because he wanted to pay with a prepaid credit card.Newer vehicles come with a slew of standard safety features that make driving feel safer for teenagers getting behind the wheel.'We definitely need more people like Kenn': Manitoba man praised for driving neighbours into city
Hollywood legend Mark Hamill stopped by a Winnipeg recording studio to do some voice acting work while in the city.Nathalie Meijer will never forget that night she was leaving a boring college party and happened to meet Juan Lucio, who was doing the same.The town of Moosomin in eastern Saskatchewan plans to double its population by offering $30,000 cheques to those building a home in the community.
About 150,000 homes are under a boil-water advisory and multiple roads are closed after a massive water main break in Montreal's Ville-Marie borough sent water spewing several metres into the air, flooding streets and basements.The water main break in downtown Montreal on Friday is the second major piping issue on the island in a little over a month and could be telling of the city's ageing water infrastructure, according to a civil engineer.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are scheduled to host the Montreal Alouettes under the lights at Mosaic Stadium Friday night at 7:00, if air quality in the city stays at level the CFL deems safe.The weekend is looking to be another nice one in the Queen City and there is a plethora of events for people to attend.Cat thought to have been tied up, shot with paintball gun in North Dumfries, Ont.
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