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Ernesto makes landfall as Category 1

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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 17, CMC – Hurricane Ernesto has begun to drift away from Bermuda after the eye of the storm passed over the island early Saturday.

The storm made landfall at about 5.30am (local time) as a Category one hurricane and according to the US-based National Hurricane Centre, the eye of the storm is now 15 miles north-northeast of the island.

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