Storm Ernesto becomes a hurricane again and a warning is issued for dangerous currents

Ernesto, who became a Category 2 hurricane on its way to Bermuda and then downgraded to a tropical storm, it has intensified back to hurricane status as it passes through the North Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center reported Sunday. National Hurricane Center (NHC, in English).

He NHCbased in Miami, warned that Ernesto continues to generate strong waves con dangerous currents of hangovers that still affect the American east coast.

Ernesto, who caused serious floods and blackouts in Puerto Rico, then hit Bermuda, leaving 75% of British territory in the Atlantic Ocean without electrical service.

The cyclone, now again a Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, out of a total of 5, is located 840 kilometers (520 miles) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), and 1,310 kilometers (815 miles) southwest of Cape Race (Newfoundland), the NHC indicated in its most recent bulletin.

It is moving rapidly in a west-northwest direction at a speed of 28 kilometers per hour (17 miles per hour) and has maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour).

In the trajectory of forecastthe center of Ernesto will pass near southeastern Newfoundland on Monday and Tuesday morning and is forecast to experience “some additional intensification during the next 12 hours,” followed by weakening before becoming a tropical storm on Tuesday. post-tropical cyclone.

Storm surge generated by Ernesto continues to affect portions of the Bahamas, Bermuda, the U.S. East Coast, and Canada, and conditions are expected to continue for the next 48 hours.

This is the third hurricane so far in hurricane season in the Atlantic basin, which began on June 1, and has produced five tropical storms: Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby and Ernesto.

Of these, Beryl, Debby and Ernesto strengthened to hurricane status. Beryl even reached the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson scale, number five, causing destruction and death in the Caribbean and in the United States.

This Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Nov. 30, is expected to be one of the most active and intense in decades, with up to 25 storms and 13 hurricanes forming.