Erin becomes a category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean and should become stronger before moving away from the continental United States

Erin Reinforced in a powerful category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center announced on Saturday.

The storm is currently 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Anguilla with maximum sustained winds of 145 MPH (230 km / h). It moves to the West North West to 20 MPH (31 km / h).

It is currently not planned to strike land, but strong winds affect the neighboring islands, encouraging forecastists to warn of possible floods and landslides. The NHC said it would finally distance the continental United States.

Prepare for Erin

Tropical storm watches are in place for Saint-Martin and St. Barthelemy and Sint Maarten. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

“Locally, considerable flashes and urban floods, as well as landslides or mud shifts, are possible,” said the NHC.

Michael Lowry, a hurricane specialist and storm overhang expert, said that Erin should possibly take a net to the northeast turn that would put him on a path between the United States and the Bermuda.

“All of our best consensual aids show that Ecrin is running safe in the east of the United States next week, but it will be a much closer to Bermuda, which could land on the strongest Erin’s eastern side,” he said.

The US government has deployed more than 200 employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies in Puerto Rico as a precaution while the forecasters have published flood surveillance for the entire American territory at the end of the end of Monday to Monday.

Puerto Rico’s housing secretary Ciary, Pérez Peña, said that 367 shelters had been inspected and could be opened if necessary.

The American Coast Guard said on Friday that it had closed six sea ports in Puerto Rico and two in the US Virgin Islands to all incoming ships unless you have received prior authorization.

Meanwhile, Bahamas officials said they had prepared public shelters as a precaution by urging people to follow the hurricane.

“These storms are very volatile and can make sudden changes in motion,” said Aarone Sargent, director general of the Bahamas disaster risk management authority.

2025 Atlantic Hurricane Saragans so far

Erin formed as a tropical storm West on Monday of the island nation of Cabo Verde, a few hundred kilometers from the west coast of Africa. It’s the fifth Named Storm From the Hurricane season of the Atlantic 2025, which started on June 1 and takes place until November 30.

Chantal of tropical storm is the only storm to have touched earth in the United States, bringing Mortal floods in North Carolina in early July. In June, Barry marked Earth as a tropical depression on the eastern coast of Mexico.

“Erin should explode into a powerful category 4 hurricane while it moves through very hot waters in the open Atlantic.

This year’s season should be unusually busy again. The forecast provides six to 10 hurricanes, with three to five reaching a major status with winds of more than 110 MPH (177 km / h).