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8/20/2025, 9:04:47 AM
With maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, Hurricane Erin has once again intensified into a deadly Category 4 storm as it travels across the western Atlantic, causing coastal towns and marine traffic to be warned.
As of Monday, August 18, the most recent National Hurricane Centre alert states that the hurricane is around 880 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and 110 miles north of Grand Turk Island.
At 10 mph, the system was heading west-northwest yesterday. Later, it is predicted to move northwest, and today, Tuesday, it will turn north.
According to the forecast track, the core of Erin is anticipated to move between Bermuda and the U.S. east coast by the middle of the week, after passing east of the southeastern Bahamas today, the NHC noted in its advisory.
Notably, maritime operations in the western Atlantic are seriously threatened by the hurricane's growing wind field.
Tropical storm-force winds can reach 230 miles away from the centre, while hurricane-force winds can reach up to 80 miles.
According to data from MarineTraffic.com, ships are already changing their routes to avoid the storm's path, and even in the absence of direct landfall, coastal areas in the United States are bracing for dangerous circumstances. As the storm's intensity increases, the minimum central pressure has decreased to 935 mb.
There are still tropical storm watches in place for the central Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the southeast Bahamas.
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The NHC advises mariners that Erin-generated swells may affect the Bahamas, Bermuda, the east coast of the United States, and Atlantic Canada over the next few days. These rough ocean conditions will most certainly result in life-threatening surf and rip currents.
Moreover, Erin quickly intensified during the weekend, momentarily reaching Category 5 status with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph before gradually waning, so shipping interests should take heed. Through the middle of this week, the system is predicted to “remain a dangerous major hurricane.”
Additionally, the NHC warns that “because the forecast wind field of Erin is considerably larger than average compared to the wind field used to derive the wind speed probability product,”
traditional wind probability products may understate the actual risk after 36 hours.
Eventually, tropical storm conditions and coastal flooding might start to strike the North Carolina coast by late Wednesday. Anyone with an interest in the hurricane is encouraged to keep a careful eye on it near the Outer Banks of North Carolina and Bermuda.
