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Lesser Antilles, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico - Tropical cyclone ERNESTO (GDACS, NOAA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 August 2024)

  • A new tropical cyclone named ERNESTO formed over the western Atlantic Ocean on 11 August in the evening (UTC) and started moving west toward the Leeward Islands (the northern part of the Lesser Antilles), strengthening. On 13 August at 6.00 UTC, its centre was located over the Ocean approximately 65 km east of the Guadeloupe island (France) and 570 km south-east of Puerto Rico (USA), with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h (tropical storm).
  • ERNESTO is forecast to continue moving northwestward over northern Guadeloupe island and close to the Montserrat island (UK) on 13 August, sightly strengthening but remaining a tropical storm. After that it is forecast to pass between the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on 14 August in the morning, as a tropical storm.
  • Over the next 48 hours, heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surge are forecast over the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. NOAA has issued a tropical storm warning over these islands.