Weather

NBC News -  Ernesto reclaimed hurricane status as it gathered speed over the Atlantic Ocean, generating a maximum of sustained 75mph winds yesterday. The storm, now churning 435 miles south-east of Halifax, Canada, has created life-threatening surf and rip currents for much of the East Coast. New York officials have closed beaches to swimmers in Brooklyn and Queens, and the high-powered waves caused destruction in North Carolina’s Outer banks, knocking a stilted house off its wooded foundation and causing it to fall into the water. Ten million people have been covered by the National Weather Service's coastal flood advisories, and threatening surf and rip currents from Bermuda to Canada are possible through the week. Read more.