BUCKLE UP FOLKS! It began life as a tropical wave off West Africa and had become a tropical storm by August 11. Today, NOAA announced Erin had reached Category 5 Hurricane Status!—with peak sustained winds reaching 160 mph (255 km/h).

Green Tropical Cyclone ERIN-25 in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands British, Anguilla, Virgin Islands U.S., Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda from: 11 Aug 2025 to: 16 Aug 2025. - Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 269 km/h)

After a couple of months of explosive, deadly weather, including record-breaking heatwaves, floods, and wildfires, as well as a plethora of massive earthquakes and a record number of volcanic eruptions, we finally record this year's first Atlantic Hurricane, and it's going to be enormous!

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It began life as a tropical wave off West Africa and had become a tropical storm by August 11. Today, NOAA announced Erin had reached Category 5 status with peak sustained winds reaching 160 mph (255 km/h). According to AP News, its intensification was unusually fast—wind speeds more than doubled in just 24 hours, highlighting a classic case of "rapid intensification."

Hurricane Erin-25 is expected to turn North, missing the US mainland and staying offshore as it heads North. Heavy rain and flooding are expected to impact the Caribbean Islands, especially the northern Leeward Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Turks and Caicos, through the weekend. Erin is the fifth named storm, the first hurricane and the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, which NOAA are expecting to be heavy.

Hurricanes and Typhoons 2025

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