08/18/2025

Hurricane Erin Back at Category 4

She will bring dangerous surf to the East Coast

Hurricane Erin has re-strengthened into a Category 4 storm, with dangerous coastal conditions expected along the Eastern Seaboard, Bermuda and Atlantic Canada this week.

As of Monday morning, Erin had winds of 130 mph and was passing just over 100 miles offshore of Turks and Caicos and the eastern Bahamas, where a tropical storm warning was in place for threats of flooding, landslides and mudslides.

Even though Erin’s wind field is only expected to graze the Outer Banks, large, breaking waves could overwash sand dunes and render Highway 12 impassible on parts of Ocracoke and Hatteras islands for days. Evacuation orders have been posted in the Outer Banks of North Carolina ahead of potential flooding. The order went into effect for visitors beginning 8 p.m. Sunday and will take effect for residents starting at 6 a.m. Tuesday.

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