Downgraded Ernesto Pelts Haiti With Rain
Monday, August 28th, 2006 Catastrophe PropertyTropical Storm Ernesto battered Haiti, claiming at least one life, then menaced Cuba on Monday as it followed a track that could carry it toward Florida as a revived hurricane. Ernesto became the Atlantic season’s first hurricane on Sunday morning with maximum sustained winds of about 75 mph. But it weakened into a tropical storm, with 50 mph winds early Monday. At 5 a.m. ET Monday, Ernesto, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, was centered about 45 miles south-southeast of Guantanamo, Cuba.
External References & Further Reading
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/2006-08-27-hurricane-ernesto_x.htm
