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. Location, spaghetti models, forecasts and more track erin with our collection of maps here. 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. Hurricane erin pounded the north carolina coast with strong waves and gusty winds as it slowly moved out to sea thursday It was still considered dangerous for beachgoers along the u.s 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 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. After a relatively quiet start to the atlantic hurricane season, erin became the first hurricane of the year in the atlantic basin on aug.15 and rapidly intensified into a major category 5 storm the following day.
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