Hurricane Erin weakens to Cat 3 storm
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Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.
The first hurricane of 2025 in the Atlantic continued to track north of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Sunday morning, hitting those islands with heavy rain and gusty winds. Erin is expected to move away from the islands later today and begin to curve more to the north.
While a Gulf disturbance that moved into Texas on Friday seems to have run its course, Hurricane Erin in the western Atlantic intensifies.
We're following the very latest on Hurricane Erin, the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2025 season. Erin has exploded in size and strength and that's caused evacuation orders in part of North Carolina.
Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph as its outer bands pounded the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with gusty winds and heavy rains early Sunday.
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What was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime for Boy Scout Troop 851 from Plymouth, Wisconsin has turned into an unexpected struggle to get back home after Hurricane Erin left them stuck in the Virgin Islands.
Powerful Hurricane Erin restrengthened and became an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane as it continued its journey across the Atlantic, prompting officials in North Carolina to issue local states of emergency and forcing residents and visitors to evacuate some areas.
Hurricane Erin formed Friday in the Atlantic Ocean on track to bring heavy rains that could lead to flooding and landslides in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, forecasters said.