Category 1 hurricane! Strong winds of 140 km/h! Hundreds of thousands of users in Puerto Rico are without water and electricity
2024-08-16
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On the 15th local time,Upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricanewindThe typhoon "Ernesto" left Puerto Rico, a U.S. overseas territory in the Caribbean, and continued to approach Bermuda, a British overseas territory in the northern Atlantic.With winds of 140 kilometres per hourCurrently, Ernesto still causes water and power outages for hundreds of thousands of users in Puerto Rico.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said that at 5 p.m. local time on the 15th, Ernesto, which had been upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, was located 796 kilometers southwest of Bermuda, and was expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the Bermuda area. A hurricane warning has been issued for the Bermuda area. Data from the U.S. power tracking website showsNearly 28,000 customers in the U.S. Virgin Islands were without power, about 55% of the island's total customers.
In the U.S. overseas territory of Puerto Rico, local power grid operators and power departments said that due to the impact of "Ernesto", about half of the users on the island of Puerto Rico lost power on the 14th. As of noon on the 15th,Although Ernesto has passed, about 410,000 customers are still without power.In addition, due to pollution or power outages in water filtration facilities,More than 350,000 local users have no water。
The National Hurricane Center of the United States said that Ernesto is expected to strengthen in the next few days and is expected to form a major hurricane of Category 3 or above on the 16th. Every year during the Atlantic hurricane season, the Caribbean region is hit very hard. Ernesto is the fifth named storm in this year's Atlantic hurricane season.
