Ernesto Hurricane 2024 Tacoma. In 2012, ernesto grew to category 2 with 100 mph winds. Tropical storm ernesto — the fifth named weather system of the 2024 hurricane season — developed in the atlantic ocean on monday afternoon.

Puerto rico has activated the national guard as the atlantic ocean ’s fifth named storm of 2024 — tropical storm ernesto — barrels through the caribbean. Tropical storm ernesto, currently growing in strength east of puerto rico and forecast to become a hurricane, is expected to turn north on a path that could include the maritimes.