Hurricane Erin, East Coast
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Although it will not make landfall in the U.S., Hurricane Erin is affecting much of the East Coast. A look at its impact in New Jersey.
Erin is a category 2 hurricane but it has weakened just a bit. The storm is moving NNW at 10 mph with winds up to 105 mph.Erin went through an extreme rapid intensification over the weekend. It went from a tropical storm on Friday morning to a major category 5 hurricane north of the Leeward Islands on Saturday morning.
After rapidly intensifying into a Category 5 storm on Saturday, Hurricane Erin has since been downgraded to a Category 4 system with sustained winds of 130 mph. However, it is expected to intensify and grow in size over the next few days.
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There's a one in five chance of a tropical storm reaching Tennessee in 2025, Colorado State University research shows. Here's the latest on Hurricane Erin and it's projected path.
Dangerous coastal impacts from Hurricane Erin will peak along the East Coast on Wednesday and Thursday as the storm passes offshore.
Hurricane Erin underwent rapid intensification to become a Category 5 storm in just hours. It has since weakened to a Category 4 status.
The hurricane’s behavior in recent days makes it one of the fastest-strengthening Atlantic hurricanes on record.
Hurricane Erin has weakened into a category 2 hurricane after reaching category 4 strength yesterday. It is currently moving northwest as it sits just above the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Rip currents are the third leading cause of deaths from hurricanes, and they can happen on a sunny day hundreds of miles from the storm.
Hurricane Erin is forecast to “substantially grow in size” while moving closer to Bermuda Tuesday with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (mph). The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said that the category three hurricane was about 675 miles south west of Bermuda and that a Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Turks and Caicos Islands,