Puerto Rico activates National Guard as Tropical Storm Ernesto approaches

This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken at 4:30 p.m. EDT and provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Ernesto over the Atlantic Ocean and moving west-northwest toward the Lesser Antilles, Aug. 12, 2024. Map of Antigua and Barbuda islands in the Caribbean, near where Tropical Storm Ernesto is located on Aug. 12, 2024, and moving north/northwest.

Puerto Rico activated the National Guard and canceled the start of classes in public schools as forecasters warned that the U.S. territory would be hit by Tropical Storm Ernesto, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday.