Erin Now A Rapidly Strengthening Category 4 Hurricane
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The first hurricane of the 2025 season has intensified into a Category 4 storm and will turn north just before the U.S. east coast next week. Forecasters are also tracking a new system in the
Tropical Storm Erin is still moving quickly westward and is forecast to become a hurricane in a few days over the central tropical Atlantic, the NHC said.
Tropical Storm Erin -- which is forecast to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season by Saturday morning -- won't have a direct impact on the U.S., but it will bring dangerous rip currents to the East Coast.