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. (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. 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 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. Satellite, spaghetti models, storm surge, wind and more by jennifer gray and caitlin kaiser • august 22, 2025
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