Hurricane Ernesto 2024 headed out to sea; what storm is next? [Video]

Ernesto was still a hurricane on Tuesday morning as it moved away from Newfoundland and into the open Atlantic Ocean.

The National Hurricane Center said Ernesto, the third hurricane of 2024 in the Atlantic, should lose its tropical features today and become a post-tropical storm.

It was racing northeastward in the Atlantic, away from any land areas.

As of 5 a.m. CDT Tuesday, the center of Hurricane Ernesto was located about 150 miles east-northeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, and was tracking to the northeast at 36 mph.

Ernesto was a minimal Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds, the hurricane center said.

There were no watches or warnings in effect for Ernesto.

However, the hurricane center warned those along the northeast coast of the U.S. that waves from Ernesto could continue to cause deadly rip currents along the beaches, as well as in Atlantic Canada and Bermuda.

Rip currents caused …