Tropics Update: Ernesto becomes a tropical storm as it travels the U.S. East Coast

Update:

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ernesto has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it continues to generate high waves and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast.

Hurricane Ernesto’s current path is inching away from the Bermuda Islands as it passes up the Atlantic.

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Channel 9 Meteorologist George Waldenberger says that as Ernesto passes through the Atlantic Ocean, beaches on the U.S. East Coast will face dangerous conditions until early next week.

After that, no other systems are expected in the next seven days, but that can change quickly this time of year as we’re less than four weeks from the statistical peak of the season.