Bermuda Prepares for 36 Hours of Life-Threatening Winds as Ernesto Closes In

The Category 2 hurricane bears down on Bermuda as authorities warn of serious dangers.
Bermuda Prepares for 36 Hours of Life-Threatening Winds as Ernesto Closes In
Satellite imagery of Hurricane Ernesto as it closes in on Bermuda taken at 10:10 a.m. (EDT) on Aug. 16. Screenshot/NOAA/NESDIS/Star-Goes-East
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Bermuda began locking down on Aug. 16 in the final hours before Hurricane Ernesto’s arrival.

“This is not a storm to be taken lightly,” Bermuda’s Minister of National Security Michael Weeks said in an address to the island’s residents on Aug. 16.
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