Damaging winds from the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in Puerto Rico on Tuesday night and into Wednesday.

Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said the power ... violent" with Hurricane Beryl being the earliest Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic on record. He added the agency's update signifies that ...

Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthened and unloaded heavy rain over the northeast Caribbean islands Tuesday as authorities in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands prepared for the arrival of hurricane ...

Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Tropical Storm Ernesto for Tuesday, Aug. 13. For the latest news on Ernesto as it moves across the Caribbean, view USA TODAY's story on the storm ...

Schools in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were ... could rank among the busiest on record, NOAA said. Many Atlantic hurricane season records date to 2005, when there were 28 named storms ...

Ernesto is likely to eventually become a hurricane but probably north of Puerto Rico. Once it reaches the open Atlantic south of Bermuda, it could even become a major hurricane, rated Category 3 ...

After knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico, Hurricane Ernesto was strengthening in the western Atlantic on Wednesday, leading to a hurricane watch in Bermuda.

The storm will move across the western Atlantic later in the week ... and up to 10 inches of rain in southeastern Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center said. Northwestern Puerto Rico was ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico activated the ... Ernesto is the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. Officials in the French Caribbean said the storm was expected ...