First hurricane of Atlantic season weakens to Category 3
Digest more
Erin, Atlantic hurricane and East Coast
Digest more
According to a post to X from Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist for a south Florida news station, Erin is the fifth Category 5 storm on “record to form this early in the hurricane season and the only Category 5 observed outside the Gulf or Caribbean this early in the year.”
"The core of Erin is expected to pass to the east of the southeastern and central Bahamas today and tonight," the National Hurricane Center said.
34m
Irish Star on MSNFlorida weather: Deadly rip currents forecasted as Hurricane Erin barrels towards Sunshine State
Hurricane Erin is currently barrelling towards Florida but thankfully forecasters estimate it will veer northwards. Despite this many dangerous effects will still be felt
Tropical Storm Erin is expected to become a hurricane by late on Aug. 14, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
A potential tropical storm could develop later this week in the same region that produced Hurricane Erin. The season's sixth tropical storm would be named Fernand.
Hurricane hunters with the NOAA flew through Hurricane Erin after it rapidly intensified into a rare Category 5 hurricane. Erin is expected to continue to fluctuate in intensity as it undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle.