Date added: Tuesday August 29,
2006: 10pm EST
Hurricane Watches Discontinued Across
Florida
By HurricaneNow.com
Early Morning Landfall Expected
Near Miami
All predictions are in and it looks
like Ernesto will not make landfall as the first US hurricane
of 2006. Not too surprising given the unpredictability of
Ernesto since forming late last week.
Biggest Concern? Rain and lots of
it
Yes, even tropical storm force
winds will cause damage (see
our video primer on gale force winds here). The biggest
concern appears to be the amount of expected rainfall. Predictions
range from 5 to even 15 inches in some isolated areas as
the storm tracks north.
What's Next?
It looks like the future track
of the tropical storm takes it back out to the Atlantic
before a Thursday landfall somewhere in South Carolina.
Then it's a trek into the mainland as a tropical depression
into North Carolina and points north over the weekend.
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