Erin has grow to be the primary hurricane of the Atlantic season, with a number of areas already on alert for heavy rain whereas sturdy waves and rip currents are attainable alongside the East Coast of the US as early as subsequent week.
As of Saturday morning, Hurricane Erin had strengthened right into a Class 5 storm with most sustained winds of as much as 160 mph, the Nationwide Hurricane Middle mentioned.
Erin is presently situated about 110 miles north of Anguilla and can proceed to trace west Saturday earlier than turning towards the west-northwest later tonight after which the north early subsequent week. Whereas some extra strengthening is feasible by way of Saturday afternoon, Erin may see some fluctuations in depth by way of the remainder of the weekend.
On this picture launched by Nationwide Hurricane Middle, the eyewall of Hurricane Erin is proven on Aug. 16, 2025.
Nationwide Hurricane Middle
Hurricane Erin displayed a powerful show of fast intensification in a single day into Saturday morning. Over the previous 24 hours, Erin’s max winds have elevated from 75 mph Friday morning to 160 mph on Saturday morning.
Tropical storm watches are in place for the Northern Leeward Islands of St. Martin, St. Barts, Anguilla, Turks and Caicos and Barbuda.
This weekend, Erin will transfer north of Puerto Rico and will probably grow to be even stronger by Sunday morning. The outer bands of this storm may carry 2 to 4 inches of rain to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday and Sunday, which may result in remoted flash flooding, potential mudslides and gusty winds of 40 to 50 mph.
Shifting to subsequent week, Erin will proceed to maneuver northwest, staying east of the Bahamas. The storm ought to start to decelerate and switch north by Monday and can monitor in between Bermuda and the East Coast of the U.S.
Nearly all of meteorological modeling continues to maintain Erin properly off the East Coast of the U.S. by lots of of miles, however giant waves and life-threatening rip currents are nonetheless anticipated to succeed in the coast from Aug. 20 to Aug. 27.
This could not solely be harmful for anybody coming into the waters, but additionally for property alongside the coast, as erosion — particularly alongside North Carolina’s Outer Banks — could possibly be a critical risk. The Outer Banks and different elements of North Carolina may see waves of 8 to 12 toes, with different areas of South Carolina and Virginia presumably seeing waves reaching 6 toes subsequent week.
Regardless of the specter of sturdy waves alongside the East Coast, a chilly entrance pushing off of America’s coast is anticipated to maintain Erin out to sea and also will carry below-average temperatures to the Northeast subsequent week.
The Nationwide Hurricane Middle predicted an above-normal hurricane season for the Atlantic.
August, September and October are essentially the most lively months of the Atlantic hurricane season, which ends on Nov. 30.
-ABC Information’ Shawnie Caslin Martucci contributed to this report.
