Tropical Storm Ernesto Expected to Become Hurricane Today
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Tropical Storm Ernesto gained strength in the Caribbean Sea east of Nicaragua and will probably become a hurricane by early tomorrow as it moves toward northern Belize, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The fifth storm of the Atlantic hurricane season had winds of 65 miles (105 kilometers) an hour, up from 50 mph earlier today, and was head west-northwest in the Caribbean at 12 mph, the Miami-based center said in an advisory before 8 p.m. East Coast time. Ernesto was 295 miles (475 kilometers) east of the island of Roatan in the Bay Islands of Honduras.