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 has reached warmer water that will allow the storm to strengthen into a hurricane late this week. (ap) — hurricane erin battered north carolina’s outer banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes as the monster storm. Hurricane erin slowly moved northward on tuesday, triggering rough surf and dangerous rip currents along the east coast that have already resulted in dozens of water rescues, swimming bans, and. 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. Hurricane erin strengthened into a fearsome category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph for much of the day on aug 16 as it traveled west just north of the virgin islands, according to.
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