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Hurricane Erin, the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, rapidly intensified Friday night, with the storm now reaching Category 5 strength with sustained winds of 160 mph.
Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and wind on Monday.
Tropical Storm Erin is expected to become a strong hurricane by the end of the weekend. How strong will it be and will it impact the U.S.?
Erin is expected to produce life-threatening surf and rip currents to the Atlantic coast from Florida to Canada. Erin became the Atlantic season's first hurricane as expected late Aug. 15, then exploded into a Category 5 storm Aug.
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