Hurricane Ernesto has become a Category 2 storm and strengthened overnight as it barrelled toward Bermuda with potentially destructive wind gusts of 100 miles per hour. NBC News' Ryan Hanrahan reports what the island of Bermuda can expect when Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall.
Hurricane Ernesto is due to bring life-threatening floods, storm surges and 100 mph winds to Bermuda, with dangerous conditions likely to start Friday ahead of the storm's likely arrival on the island in the next 24 hours, forecasters said. The category 2 storm is 310 miles south-west from the North Atlantic island and moving at a speed of 13 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in a 5 a.m update. The whole island is under a hurricane warning and as much as 15 inches of rain is expected.
'A dangerous storm surge is expected to produce significant coastal flooding on Bermuda in areas of onshore winds. Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves,' the NHC said. The swells from Ernesto will affect the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas and could even be felt on the U.S. East Coast on Friday and through the weekend, potentially causing life-threatening surf and rip currents, the hurricane center said.
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