The island has activated the National Guard, canceled school classes and set up storm shelters.
Puerto Rico is on high alert as Tropical Storm Ernesto bears down.The storm formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, prompting the island to activate the National Guard and delay the start of public school classes.Ernesto is the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.As of late Monday, Ernesto was located approximately 230 miles east-southeast of Antigua, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and advancing westward at 28 mph.
Morales said that the storm's path is unpredictable. 'This trajectory is not written in stone and will be changing,' he said, urging residents to remain vigilant.The fragile state of Puerto Rico's power grid, still under repair since Hurricane Maria's devastating impact in September 2017, raises concerns about widespread power outages.Juan Saca, president of Luma Energy, which manages the island's power transmission and distribution, acknowledged the risk.
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