Storm on cusp of becoming Category 5 storm
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A westward-moving tropical wave could produce an area of low pressure in the tropical Atlantic late in the week of Aug. 18, the hurricane center said on Aug. 16. The center shows a 20% chance of storm formation over the next week.
Hurricane Erin intensifies to Category 4 storm. Dangerous surf, rip currents expected on East Coast.
Hurricane Erin formed Friday and quickly escalated to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130 mph. The current forecast path has the storm remaining far off the East Coast.
The National Hurricane Center reports that Tropical Storm Erin could reach hurricane status within the next five days. It’s still too early to predict what impacts, if any, Erin could have on Florida or any other parts of the eastern United States.
Tropical Storm Erin on Wednesday continued to push west through the Atlantic with a forecast to become the season’s first hurricane, growing to major hurricane strength by the weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.