Hurricane Erin quickly intensified as a category five storm

Hurricane Erin quickly intensified in a category five hurricane, ensuring sustained maximum winds of 160 MPH (260 km / h).

The director of the National Hurricane Center, Mike Brennan, told a briefing that the “extremely powerful” storm had “exploded and intensified” during the night after having grown from the tropical strength of the storm on Friday.

Erin should move to the north of the downwind islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico during the weekend, reaching 6 inches (15 cm) of rain, with a sudden flood potential and mud shifts.

The storm, which is the first hurricane of the Atlantic 2025 season, should not currently shoot on the continent in the United States.

Hurricane Erin has undergone rapid intensification, in which a storm is strengthened by at least 34 MPH during a 24 -hour period.

Erin’s winds had intensified 100 MPH at the start of Saturday morning at 160 mi / h, said Brennan.

Next week, Hurricane Erin should gradually move north, in front of the East of the Bahamas and to the external banks of North Carolina.

The storm will generate deadly deadly currents about surfing and will tear almost “the whole east coast” in the United States next week, said Brennan.

Florida and the Mid-Atlantic states will see the most dangerous surfing conditions, he said.

Bermuda could also see “potentially fatal” surfing conditions and strong precipitation, added Mr. Brennan.

The American Coast Guard sent a warning which provides that Gale Force Winds within 24 hours, imposing restrictions for ships in the ports of St Thomas and St John in the American Virgin Islands, as well as six municipalities of Puerto Rico, including San Juan.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the main Meteorological Agency of the United States government, predicted a season of the Hurricane of the Atlantic “greater than normal” this year.

The number of tropical storms that reach categories four and five should increase due to global warming.