Storm on cusp of becoming Category 5 storm
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Hurricane Erin remains a major hurricane as of Sunday morning and is expected to turn north off the East Coast this week.
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.
As of 5 a.m. on Sunday, Hurricane Erin has weakened back to a Category 3 storm but has grown larger, the National Hurricane Center said.
Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph while its outer bands pounded the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with gusty winds and heavy rains early Sunday.
Tropical Storm Erin is expected to become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season later this week, according to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center. Erin formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Monday and continues to move westward.
The National Hurricane Center reports that Tropical Storm Erin could reach hurricane status within the next five days. It’s still too early to predict what impacts, if any, Erin could have on Florida or any other parts of the eastern United States.