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(New Orleans) – This weekend, Bermuda might feel the direct hit of Hurricane Ernesto. Despite being situated on a tropical cyclone path, the small island is not as badly affected as one might expect.
Bermuda may feel the effects of Hurricane Ernesto by Saturday.
Just about 600 miles east of North Carolina is the small island of Bermuda. Tropical cyclones can easily bypass it in the enormous Atlantic Ocean due to its small size (21 miles long and less than 2 miles wide).
Since 1850, Bermuda has been hit by hurricanes 18 times. The frequency is once every 9.5 years. As a point of reference, throughout the same timeframe, 60 hurricanes have directly affected Louisiana, with an average occurrence of once every 2.86 years.
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The tropical Atlantic Ocean’s eastern and central regions have been the birthplace of the majority of Bermuda’s storms.
In October 1926, Bermuda was devastated by an unknown Category 3 storm, the largest storm to strike the island since 1850. It passed near the island’s northern shoreline and pounded it with winds of 120 mph.
Despite its central location in the Atlantic, Bermuda is less likely to be slammed directly.
Hurricane Paulette in September 2020 was the final storm to make landfall in Bermuda.
In all of known history, the island has only ever been hit twice in a single year. In October 2014, both Faye and Gonzalo were able to pass.
