More than 50,000 utility customers were without power in Puerto Rico as the hurricane battered the Caribbean, bringing heavy rain, powerful wind and sizable waves to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Island...

Delaware and Jersey Shore beaches were closed to swimmers on Tuesday, Aug. 19, with Hurricane Erin carrying life-threatening rip currents as the storm's path tracks near the East Coast.

Life-threatening rip curents are expected from Florida to Canada, along with large breaking waves and dangerous surf conditions.

The latest forecast track suggests the fifth named storm of 2025 in the Atlantic will turn more to the northwest soon and track near or north of the Leeward Islands as well as Puerto Rico.

As Hurricane Erin churns just off the Atlantic coast of the United States this week, AccuWeather meteorologists are warning that the storm's powerful winds will generate massive seas offshore.

The powerful — and huge — hurricane is expected to churn off the southeast coast this week as it chugs north.