It didn’t quite make it back up to hurricane strength, but Tropical Storm Ernesto still packed a powerful punch when it made landfall near Long Beach, North Carolina according to the National Hurricane Center. Read more about Tropical Storm Ernesto Makes Landfall In Carolinas

Tropical Storm Ernesto was downgraded to a tropical depression as it traveled up the Florida peninsula. Read more about Ernesto Becomes Tropical Depression

After being torn apart by the mountains of Haiti and Cuba, Ernesto emerges as a tropical storm headed for Florida. Read more about Tropical Storm Ernesto Heads for Florida

According to the National Hurricane Center, Air Force reconnaissance aircraft indicates that Tropical Storm Ernesto has now reached hurricane strength. Read more about Ernesto Becomes 2006 First Hurricane

Ernesto continues west-northwestward over the Caribbean causing some new warnings and watches to be issued. At 11 am the government of Jamaica issued a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch for Jamaica. Read more about Tropical Storm Ernesto Marches Westward

Ernesto has become slightly stronger over the eastern Caribbean Sea. A tropical storm warning has been issued to the Haiti-Dominican Republic border westward to the southwestern tip of Haiti with a tropical storm watch in effect for Jamaica. Read more about Tropical Storm Ernesto May Be First Hurricane of 2006