Hurricane Season 2024 Puerto Rico

Hurricane Season 2024 Puerto Rico. Puerto rico has activated the national guard as the atlantic ocean’s fifth named storm of 2024 — tropical storm ernesto — barrels through the caribbean toward the islands. Hurricane ernesto strengthened to a category 2 storm thursday night as it headed toward bermuda after its winds knocked out power.

Ernesto regained hurricane status on sunday as it continued to move offshore along the east coast, where there was a significant risk of dangerous. In the process, ernesto knocked out power to more than 1 million homes and businesses in puerto rico.