"Beachgoers need to be on high alert," warned NHC forecaster Robbie Berg. "Life-threatening surf and rip currents are a significant risk. Heed lifeguards' warnings and stay out of the water if advised."
Over 630,000 people are under high surf advisories, with more than 10 million facing dangerous rip currents, per the National Weather Service (NWS).
"Inundation up to half a foot above ground level is expected in vulnerable waterfront and shoreline areas," the NWS in New York cautioned in a hazard message.
New York City responded by closing ocean-facing beaches in Brooklyn and Queens, including Coney Island, to swimming over the weekend.
Ernesto is expected to strengthen further on Sunday and enter Canada by Monday. AccuWeather forecasts the storm will then impact the British Isles from Wednesday night into Thursday.
"As Ernesto accelerates across the North Atlantic, it will be a concern for ships at sea from Tuesday to Wednesday," said AccuWeather forecaster Alex Sosnowski. "With speeds potentially reaching 30-40 mph, the storm will whip up seas to heights of 20-30 feet."
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Ernesto intensified to a hurricane with sustained winds of 85 mph as it swept over Bermuda. By 11 a.m. EDT, the NHC reported sustained winds of 70 mph, with the storm moving north-northeast at 16 mph, about 690 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and 880 miles southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland. The Bermuda Weather Service has since discontinued the tropical storm warning.
Despite lacking a "well-defined eye," Ernesto could regain hurricane strength by Monday morning, according to NHC forecaster Richard Pasch. The storm's center is expected to pass near southeastern Newfoundland late Monday into Tuesday, possibly transitioning into a post-tropical storm by Tuesday morning.
Life-threatening surf and rip current conditions are anticipated for the Bahamas, Bermuda, the U.S. East Coast, and Atlantic Canada over the next two days, as tropical storm-force winds extend up to 205 miles from the center.
In Bermuda, Premier David Burt reported that "a significant number of people are without power, and road closures may slow efforts to restore electricity and clear blocked roads." As of late Sunday morning, 12,258 customers out of Bermuda’s 64,626 residents were still without power. Fortunately, no major damage has been reported on the island.
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Ernesto first became a hurricane on Wednesday, rapidly intensifying into a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 100 mph by Thursday night. While its center didn't make landfall over Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands, the storm still knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. As of Saturday afternoon, 6,351 customers remained without power in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to PowerOutages.us.
The storm also drenched the Virgin Islands earlier in the week with heavy rain.
Ernesto is the latest in a series of storms this season, following Debby, which caused record flooding along the U.S. East Coast last week, and Beryl, which hit the Caribbean, Yucatán Peninsula, and Gulf Coast earlier this summer. June also saw two tropical storms, Cindy and Alberto, in the Gulf of Mexico.
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