Hurricane Erin a Category 4
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Over the weekend, northern portions of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico are expected to receive tropical rain ranging from 2 to 4 inches, with isolated totals up to 6 inches. Flash flooding, landslides and mudslides will be the main concerns over the next several days.
Hurricane Erin may cruise past the U.S. shoreline, but the Category 4 storm will create potentially dangerous conditions along the East Coast next week. FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross breaks it all down.
Erin, the first hurricane of the season, is now a powerful Category 5 hurricane. Here's where it could head in the week ahead.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Erin has officially become a hurricane, the first of this season, as it continues its journey across the Atlantic. The storm officially transitioned to a hurricane late Friday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles an hour, making it a Category 1 hurricane.
The National Hurricane Center upgraded Tropical Storm Erin to the first hurricane of the 2025 season Friday morning and it was strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean on Saturday as it continued to intensify.