The first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, Erin has exploded in strength and became a major storm in Atlantic waters just north of the Caribbean Islands last evening.

 

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in an update has downgraded it to a Category-4 storm from Category-5 with maximum sustained winds of 240 kilometer per hour.

 

The hurricane is moving towards the West-Northwest with a turn more northward. It is expected to cause heavy rainfall today across the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.