The national security minister has urged people to complete their hurricane preparations, saying "time is running out".
Hurricane Ernesto charged toward Bermuda on Friday as officials on the tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean prepared to open shelters and close government offices.
Ernesto previously battered the northeast Caribbean, where it left hundreds of thousands of people without power or water in Puerto Rico after swiping past the US territory as a tropical storm. The storm was forecast to dump between 150 to 300mm of rain, with up to 380mm in isolated areas. Forecasters noted that Ernesto was a large hurricane, with hurricane-force winds extending up to 110 kilometres from the centre and tropical-storm-force winds extending up to 425 kilometres.
The island is a renowned offshore financial centre with sturdy construction, and given its elevation, storm surge is not as problematic as it is with low-lying islands.
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