Aug. 24, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to support public health needs in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ernesto. Ernesto developed from a tropical wave off the coast of Venezuela.

Three days later, it grew to a category 1 hurricane near Haiti before weakening as it moved across Cuba as a tropical storm. Ernesto made landfall in Brunswick County, North Carolina on August 31, 2006.