Hurricane Erin weakens to category 3 as storm lashes Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands | Hurricanes
The external bands continued to pollute the Virgin Islands and Porto Rico with heavy rains and tropical stormy winds.
While Erin’s maximum winds decreased, the overall size of the storm has grown, and the estimators released an hour for tropical storm warnings and Southeast Bahamas for the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The storm was not expected to directly affect the East coast of the USA. However, it can bring Rip currents on the entire southeastern coast by doubling or rising to double. The US National Weather Service (NWS) said that strong winds and flood tides can wash parts of Northern Carolina external banks in the middle of the week.
Bermuda said he could have similar conditions because Erin is expected to return to the north and then to the northeast.
According to the US National Hurricane Center in Miami (NHC), the first hurricane of 2025 has reached the category 5 status before weakening, with a maximum of 125mph (205 km / h) on Sunday morning.
As the storm passed through internal changes, the winds decreased. Estimators are expected to remain strong for Erin for the next few days.
The storm center, San Juan, about 270 km north of Porto Riko and about 270 miles (435km) of the Grand Turk Island, was moved at 22 km/h (22 km/h) of the West-Northwest.
Rain and winds from Erin’s external bands According to Luma Energy, a special company that controls the transmission and distribution of the power on the island, more than 147,000 customers in Porto Rico, a US region on Sunday morning. Authorities, the weather canceled more than 20 flights, he said.
NHC, swelling of the Virgin Islands, Porto Rico, Hispaniola and Turks and some parts of the Caicos Islands were expected to affect for the next few days.
NHC, a tropical storm warning, means that tropical storm conditions are expected in the warning area and within 24 hours. In Virgin Islands and Porto Rico, 3-6 inches (approximately 7.6-15cm) is expected to rain in rainy, 8-inch isolated areas.
The Bahamas government also published a tropical storm clock for Southeast Bahamas.
Scientists attributed the rapid intensification of the hurricanes in the Atlantic to the climate crisis directed by human -induced greenhouse gas emissions. Global warming causes the atmosphere to hold more water vapor, looking for ocean temperatures, and warmer waters fuel the hurricanes to open more rain and strengthen faster.
