Erin was a Category 1 hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean Friday morning Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Erin is the fifth named storm to form in the Atlantic in 2025. Follow our coverage here.

Strong winds and waves battered Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and dangerous rip currents threatened from the Carolinas to New England as Hurricane Erin made its way farther out to sea. The storm was forecast to cause possible coastal flooding into the weekend along the East Coast but was also expected to gradually lose

Forecasters are warning swimmers early Friday that U.S. East Coast beaches will remain dangerous for the coming days, as Hurricane Erin continues its northeasterly flight from the United States.