Hurricane Ernesto was the costliest tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. As the fist hurricane of the season, Ernesto developed from a tropical wave on August 24th in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Ernesto first hit the northern Caribbean reaching minimal hurricane status near Haiti before weakening and moving across eastern Cuba as a tropical storm. Ernesto moved across Florida as a weak tropical storm. After turning to the northeast, it re-intensified and made landfall on August 31 on the coast of North Carolina. Eleven people were killed and Damage in the United States was estimated at $500 million.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Hurricane Ernesto
Hurricane Ernesto was the costliest tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. As the fist hurricane of the season, Ernesto developed from a tropical wave on August 24th in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Ernesto first hit the northern Caribbean reaching minimal hurricane status near Haiti before weakening and moving across eastern Cuba as a tropical storm. Ernesto moved across Florida as a weak tropical storm. After turning to the northeast, it re-intensified and made landfall on August 31 on the coast of North Carolina. Eleven people were killed and Damage in the United States was estimated at $500 million.
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