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. Follow the progress of hurricane erin with these live maps tracking the storm from fox weather, your hurricane hq. 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. 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 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 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. Track the path of hurricane erin below 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. Two coastal homes in rodanthe, north carolina, appear on the verge of collapse as hurricane erin's wind and waves lash the east coast.
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