The storm Erin grows in size as it advances through the Caribbean

Photo foot, A satellite image shows Hurricane Erin moving forward in the Atlantic Ocean.

- Author, Kayla Epstein
- Author's title, BBC News
August 16, 2025

Updated August 18, 2025

Hurricane Erin advances like a category 4 cyclone towards the Bahamas archipelago in the Caribbean.

The storm quickly intensified on Saturday night and reached category 5, with maximum sustained winds of 260 kilometers per hour.

Sunday weakened to category 3 to rise to category 4 hours later.

Meteorologists expect their intensity to fluctuate as it continues to move over the next few days.

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) states that Erin continues to grow in size, with winds with a tropical storm force that extends 330 kilometers from its center.

Storm -related phenomena were expected, such as floods and landslides, in the Virgin and Puerto Rico Islands.

The NHC director Mike Brennan said in an informative session that the hurricane had “explosively deepened and intensified.”

However, the speed of its winds, along with its progress, decreased as it began to go north, moving away from the Caribbean.

The NHC expects to continue moving away from the US during the week and return to the Atlantic.

He is the first hurricane of the 2025 season.

ERIN screens at the National Hurricane Center for the United States — Photo foot, The National Hurricane Center for the United States is located at the International University of Florida.

Hurricane Erin experienced rapid intensification, which is when a storm reaches at least 55 km per hour in a 24 -hour period.

Its winds intensified from 160 km per hour in the early hours of Saturday at 257 km per hour during the day, Brennan reported.

Hurricane Erin is forecast next week, he will gradually move north, passing through the east of the Bahamas and ascending to North Carolina.

The storm will generate waves and trail currents – as the currents are known that flow rapidly from the shore inside – potentially mortal in almost the entire east coast of the US, Brennan continued.

Florida and the states of the Middle Atlantic will experience the most dangerous wave conditions, while Bermudas could face potentially deadly waves and heavy rains, he added.

Due to the strong winds, the United States Coast Guard imposed restrictions for vessels in the ports of St. Thomas and St. John, in the US Virgin Islands, as well as in six municipalities of Puerto Rico, including San Juan.

The Oceanic and Atmospheric National Administration (NOAA), the main meteorological agency of the US government, has predicted a hurricane season in the Atlantic superior to normal.