Weather & Science
Hurricane Ernesto Takes Aim at Bermuda With Flooding Rain
- Island suspending ferries, closing roads, flights canceled
- ‘The storm is coming and it’s a real and credible threat’
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Hurricane Ernesto is bearing down on Bermuda with dangerous winds and drenching rains that are already flooding low-lying areas of the British territory.
Ernesto was about 180 miles (290 kilometers) south-southwest of Bermuda as of 3 p.m. local time, according to an advisory from the US National Hurricane Center. It had top wind speeds of 100 miles per hour, making it a Category 2 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.