Hurricane Ernesto was heading toward Bermuda on Thursday, after its winds knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people and dumped torrential rain on Puerto Rico.

The storm, which strengthened into a hurricane after passing by Puerto Rico on Wednesday, was last passing over open water about 675 miles south of Bermuda at a rate of about 16mph. Its maximum sustained winds were blowing at 85 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.

“Satellite imagery indicates that Ernesto is…