Puerto Rico, Hurricane Erin
Digest more
Hurricane Erin, Outer Banks and North Carolina
Digest more
Hurricane Erin to bring rip currents to East Coast
Digest more
Storms that ramp up so quickly complicate forecasting and make it harder for government agencies to plan for emergencies. Hurricane Erick, a Pacific storm that made landfall June 19 in Oaxaca, Mexico, also strengthened rapidly, doubling in intensity in less than a day.
The first Atlantic hurricane of the season is forecast to bring heavy rain and life-threatening surf and rip currents to the U.S. East Coast this week.
A disturbance in the Atlantic following Hurricane Erin is now expected to track northward, National Hurricane Center data shows.
Hurricane Erin has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane but is gaining in size and raising the risk of life-threatening surf later this week along the U.S.
Tracking Hurricane Erin, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which weakened to a Category 3 storm early Sunday.