Tropical Storm Ernesto Moving Into Eastern Caribbean
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Tropical Storm Ernesto, the fifth named system of the Atlantic season, has begun passing through the Windward Islands on its way into the eastern Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said.
Ernesto had top winds of 45 miles (75 kilometers) per hour, down from 50 mph earlier, the hurricane center said in an advisory at 8 a.m. New York time. The storm was 40 miles west-southwest of St. Lucia moving west at 24 mph. The government of Trinidad discontinued a tropical storm watch for Grenada.