MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ernesto swept over the tiny island of St. Lucia on Friday and could strengthen into a hurricane as it races westward across the Caribbean Sea, forecasters said. All warnings were dropped for the southeastern Caribbean islands by midday. By Friday evening, the storm was over open water about 250 miles west of St. Lucia and was not expected to threaten any other islands for the next few days. Ernesto was forecast to pass south of Jamaica on Sunday and then strengthen into a hurricane before hitting Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday, the U.S. ...
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