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The forecaster also said that additional intensification is
expected over the next 12 hours, followed by a weakening before
it becomes a post-tropical cyclone on Tuesday.
Hurricane Ernesto is about 815 miles (1,312 km) southwest of
Newfoundland, Canada, and has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph
(120 kph), according to the latest update.
The center of Ernesto will pass near southeastern Newfoundland
late Monday into Tuesday morning, which could bring wind, waves
and rain, NHC added.
Ernesto is the fifth named Atlantic storm of what is expected to
be an intense hurricane season.
Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on Puerto Rico and the U.S. and
British Virgin Islands last week. The Caribbean island's main
power supplier LUMA Energy said more than 725,000 homes and
businesses lost electric service after the heavy rainfall.
The Category 1 storm then moved to Bermuda, knocking out power,
downing trees and flooding parts of the island on Saturday, but
officials have said the British island territory seemed to have
escaped any major damage.
(Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese
and Lisa Shumaker)
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