Ernesto Fizzles Out Over Florida

SHAKE AND BLOW

This colorized infrared satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) 30 August 2006, shows Hurricane John(L),which is currently a Catagory 3 storm with winds of 115 mph(185 kilometers) and is expected to intensify. Tropical Storm Ernesto is moving (R) across the Florida penninsula with sustained winds of 40 mph (64 kilometers). Photo courtesy of NOAA and AFP.

by Staff Writers
Miami (AFP) Aug 30, 2006
Ernesto Wednesday lost the little punch it had as it moved over Florida and was downgraded from a tropical storm to a depression, much to the relief of residents who had initially braced for a powerful hurricane.

By late morning, windspeed dropped to 55 kilometers (35 miles) per hour as the weather system now known as Tropical Depression 24 traveled along the Florida peninsula.

It was expected to head out to the Atlantic Ocean and could regain tropical storm strength before an anticipated landfall in South Carolina, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC).

On Sunday, Ernesto had become the first Atlantic hurricane of the year, causing one death in Haiti before weakening Monday as it moved over mountainous areas of Cuba.

Contrary to expectations, Ernesto did not strengthen after leaving the Cuban coast, and remained a weak tropical storm when it hit Florida late Tuesday.

Experts initially feared Ernesto would hit Florida as a powerful hurricane packing the same intensity as Katrina, which killed 1,500 people after it slammed ashore near New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 29, 2005.

The initial concern prompted Florida Governor Jeb Bush to declare a state of emergency, while visitors were ordered to leave the Florida Keys.

NASA canceled the Tuesday blast-off of the Space Shuttle Atlantis from Florida's Atlantic coast but changed its mind about moving the shuttle to its hangar for protection as the storm outlook improved.

Source: Agence France-Presse

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Ernesto Swirls To Miami As Weakened Tropical Storm

Miami FL (AFP) Aug 30, 2006
Exactly one year after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, residents of the southern United States heaved a sigh of relief Tuesday as Ernesto swirled toward Florida as a weak tropical storm.

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