Ernesto grew into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Sunday and threatened deforested Haiti with floods and mudslides as it headed for the Gulf of Mexico a year after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Forecasters said Ernesto could become a Category 3 hurricane with 115 miles per hour (185 km per hour) winds in the Gulf, home to a quarter of U.S. oil and gas production, and its most likely path would take it ashore on Florida’s west coast near Tampa on Thursday. Full Story