Hurricane Ernesto Threatens US East Coast with Dangerous Rip Currents

The storm, now Category 1, impacts coastal areas from Florida to Maine with life-threatening surf and flooding.

Ernesto's maximum sustained winds reach 75 mph as it moves away from Bermuda.
Rip currents and powerful swells have resulted in multiple rescues and at least one death.
Coastal flood advisories and high rip current risks are in effect along the Atlantic Coast.
Flash flood warnings issued for parts of Connecticut, New York, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Bermuda and the northeastern Caribbean continue recovery efforts after Ernesto's earlier impact.