Hurricane Erin a Category 4
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Hurricane Erin has intensified into a Category 5 storm, positioned approximately 160 miles north of Anguilla. The NHC has issued tropical storm watche
Erin is the first hurricane of 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm is still expected to turn north, missing a U.S. landfall.
A westward-moving tropical wave could produce an area of low pressure in the tropical Atlantic late in the week of Aug. 18, the hurricane center said on Aug. 16. The center shows a 20% chance of storm formation over the next week.
Hurricane Erin has surged to Category 4 storm status and could bring dangerous surf and rip currents to the Jersey Shore next week as it remains far out to see.
Tropical Storm Erin is not expected to directly hit Georgia, but dangerous rip currents are coming. Here's more.