Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto is battering the northeast Caribbean as it takes aim at Puerto Rico, where officials shuttered schools and government agencies. The storm was located some 350 miles east-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico on Tuesday morning. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and was moving west at 20 mph. Forecasters have warned of widespread flooding and possible landslides. Tropical storm warnings were in place for Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua, Barbuda, Anguilla, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, St. Barts and St. Maarten.
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