Erin Rapidly Intensifying, Projected to Become Season’s First Major Category 3 Hurricane This Weekend
Erin Rapidly Intensifying, Projected to Become Season’s First Major Category 3 Hurricane This Weekend Tropical Storm Erin is undergoing rapid intensification and is now projected to become the first major Category 3 hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season by this weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). As of Thursday morning, Erin was located approximately 990 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands, moving west at 17 mph with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. NHC hurricane specialists forecast…