Erin has become the first hurricane of the atlantic season, with several areas already on alert for heavy rain while strong waves and rip currents are possible along the east coast of the united states as early as next week. Satellite, spaghetti models, storm surge, wind and more by jennifer gray and caitlin kaiser • august 22, 2025 The fifth named storm, first hurricane, first major hurricane, [a] and first category 5 hurricane of the 2025 atlantic hurricane season, erin developed from a tropical wave on august 11, while passing westward over cape verde.
Hurricane erin was the first hurricane of the 2025 atlantic hurricane season, even explosively intensifying into the first major and then cat 5 hurricane of the year for the basin. Forecasters predicted the storm would peak thursday and said it could regain strength and once again become a major hurricane, category 3 or greater, but. Erin is expected to produce areas of heavy rainfall beginning late friday, aug
Tropical storm erin is forecast to rapidly strengthen into a hurricane this weekend as it nears the northeastern caribbean and bahamas, raising concerns for strong winds, heavy rain, and dangerous. Hurricane erin has weakened to a category 1 storm after lashing north carolina's outer banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a threat of dangerous waves and potentially deadly rip currents to the east coast Here's how the news is developing. East coast this week, the national hurricane center in miami said early monday.
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