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. Erin is expected to produce areas of heavy rainfall beginning late friday, aug 15, and continuing through the weekend across the northernmost leeward islands, the u.s 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. 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 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. The first atlantic hurricane in the 2025 season, hurricane erin rapidly intensified over the ocean as it approached the caribbean and the u.s Although it did not make landfall, the powerful storm system sent heavy rain and strong winds to coastal areas of puerto rico, the turks and caicos islands, the bahamas, and the u.s This animation, composed of images. Erin isn't as intense as it once was But its large size is what matters most
