Many Americans consider Hurricane Ernesto as a storm occurring hundreds of miles offshore from the Atlantic coast. However, signs of Hurricane Ernesto have been and continue to be felt across the U.S. eastern seaboard.

How Ernesto Affects Communities

Affected communities have experienced dangerous rip currents, public beach closures, and tropical-storm-force winds extending outward around 230 miles from the center of the storm – all during one of the summer’s busiest final weekends.

What a way to ring in the Fall season. Over the course of its run, Ernesto caused a great deal of destruction in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Bermuda – damage that these communities will have to work to repair over the course of the coming weeks, months, or even years. 

Ernesto Passes Through Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

Ernesto passed north of the Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands region as a tropical storm, decimating power as hundreds of thousands of residents struggled without electricity. 

According to an article published by the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, at a certain point, 23 hospitals operated on generators. Hospitals remain a necessity, however, schools and numerous roads have been closed in affected communities. During the peak of the outage, 750,000 individuals and households were without power as rivers across Puerto Rico swelled due to nearly 10 inches of rainfall.

How Ernesto Has Affected the United States

Ernesto has since been downgraded from its hurricane status as it wraps up its wreckage run. However, Ernesto remains a strong post-tropical cyclone. Residents living in affected areas should still remain cautious. Forecasters expect Ernesto to continue to affect parts of the U.S. and Canada as it comes to a close.

In the United States, Ernesto has resulted in deadly beach conditions on the East Coast, claiming two lives in South Carolina due to powerful rip currents. 

Swells that have been generated by Ernesto continue to affect the Northeast coast of the U.S. as well as Atlantic Canada. Swells and associated life-threatening surf and rip currents are expected to gradually subside over the coming days.

Response Teams Spring into Action

In the Virgin Islands, response teams have been recognized for their efforts after the tropical storm subsided. 

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