Stronger, bigger Hurricane Erin forecast to create dangerous surf along U.S. coast : NPR
A woman poses for photos next to a Puerto Rican flag along the beach in Condado, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Erin approaches on Friday August 15, 2025.
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MIAMI – A stronger and larger Hurricane and larger Erin trampled from the Caribbean parts and had to create surfing currents and to tear dangerous along the East American coast this week.
It reintensifies itself to a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 130 MPH (215 km / h) late Sunday Sunday, while its outdoor bands hit the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, according to the US National Hurricane Center in Miami. Erin had to provide tropical storm conditions to the Turkish Islands and Caicos and the Southeast Bahamas during the night on Monday.
An additional strengthening was scheduled for Monday followed by a progressive weakening, but Erin had to remain a major major hurricane in the middle of the week.
Hurgagan’s winds extended up to 60 miles (95 kilometers) from the center and the tropical winds in shape extend up to 230 miles (370 km). The strong wind zone should grow more in the coming days. To this size, Erin will have an impact on coastal areas even if it does not plan to draw direct land.
The county of Dare, in North Carolina, declared an emergency and ordered an evacuation from Monday of Hatteras Island on the external banks, the fine extent of the low barriers which advance far in the Atlantic. Several days of heavy surfing and high winds and waves could wash parts of NC Highway 12 which along the barriers, said the National Weather Service.
On Sunday, Erin was around 130 miles (205 kilometers) to the east of the island of Grand Turk and around 965 miles (1,555 kilometers) south-south-east of Cape Hatteras, in North Carolina. He was moving northwest to 12 MPH (19 km / h).
Erin, the first Hurricane of the Atlantic of the year, reached an extremely dangerous category 5 status on Saturday with winds of 160 mph (260 km / h) before weakening. It should remain powerful for the next few days and grow in size.
“You are dealing with a major hurricane. The intensity fluctuates. It is a dangerous hurricane anyway,” said Richard Pasch of the National Hurricane Center.
Erin’s outdoor bands trampled on parts of Puerto Rico and virgin islands with heavy rain and tropical storm winds during the day on Sunday.
This has eliminated around 147,000 customers, according to Luma Energy, a private company that oversees the transmission and distribution of energy on the island. More than 20 flights have been canceled due to the weather. The Coast Guard allowed all the ports of Puerto Rico and the American virgin islands to reopen on Sunday as the winds and the rains decreased.
Raised oceanic conditions were planned for certain parts of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and the Turks and Caics on the next few days. Potentially deadly surf and tear currents have been planned in the middle of the week for the Bahamas, the Bermuda, the East Coast of the United States and the Atlantic Coast of Canada while Erin turns northeast and northeast.
Scientists have linked the rapid intensification of hurricanes to the Atlantic to climate change. Global warming means that the atmosphere contains more water vapor and increases the temperatures of the ocean, and warmer waters give fuel to the hurricanes to release more rain and strengthen more quickly.
