Puerto Rico
Ernesto drops torrential rain on Puerto Rico, knocks out power
Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane on Wednesday as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left nearly half of all clients in the US territory without power as it threatened to become a major storm en route to Bermuda.
“The official forecast still reflects the possibility of Ernesto becoming a major hurricane in about 48 hours,” the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday afternoon.
The storm was located about 225 miles (365 kilometers) northwest of San Juan, Puer... [5660 chars]