Tonight dangerous conditions from Hurricane Ernesto and the threat that still remains.

Ernesto making landfall is a category one storm in Bermuda, battering the island with 80 mile per hour winds and flash floods from up to nine inches of

rain on the east coast high surf sending this home into the ocean and

creating dangerous beach conditions from Maine to Florida.

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This is NBC Nightly News with Jose Diaz-Bellard.

Good evening we start tonight with those dangerous conditions in the Atlantic.

Hurricane Ernesto making a direct hit on Bermuda overnight, the slow moving storm, bringing

a triple threat of strong winds, heavy rain and flash flooding

that's leading visitors to the island stranded. And while it is hundreds of miles

away, Ernesto's also causing havoc here in the U.S.

Take a look at this house in North Carolina's outer banks

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