Hurricane Ernesto is expected to pass Bermuda and make its way south of the Maritimes on Monday, then approach Newfoundland and Labrador later that day, a Canadian meteorological expert advised on Friday.
In a press briefing from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Bob Robichaud, a warning preparedness meteorologist with the Canadian Hurricane Centre, said Hurricane Ernesto is 1,600 kilometres south-southwest of Halifax and had maximum winds of 155 km/h. It is currently moving north-northeast at 22 km/h.
Robichaud warned that the main impacts in the affected areas may be waves peaking at 10 metres overnight from Monday into Tuesday. Coastal structural damage and some coastal erosion may also be expected, as…
