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