Hurricane Ernesto was the costliest tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. The sixth tropical storm and first hurricane of the season, Ernesto developed from a tropical wave on August
Ernesto at peak intensity in the Caribbean Sea on August 27
Tropical Storm Ernesto intensifying along the Atlantic coast on August 31
Atlantis heads back to Launch Pad 39B to ride out Ernesto
Fallen tree branch in Richmond, Virginia, caused by winds from Ernesto
The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season was the least active in the basin since 1997, with nine named storms as well as an additional unnamed tropical storm identified by the National Hurricane Center. 200
Hurricane Ernesto (2006)
…Hurricane Ernesto was the costliest tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. The sixth tropical storm and first hurricane of the season, Ernesto developed from a tropical wave on August 24 in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Ernesto…