Hurricane Erin has rapidly strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm in the Caribbean, becoming the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, the ...

Erin is the Atlantic season's first hurricane and is set to escalate over the weekend though the threat of direct impacts in the Bahamas and along the east coast of the US appears to be receding.

Swells generated by Erin will affect portions of the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and the Turks and Caicos Islands through the weekend, NHC said.