Erin has become a Category 3 hurricane in the Caribbean, with expectations to strengthen further on Saturday, according to ...

A part of North Carolina declared an emergency and ordered evacuations due to Hurricane Erin. The storm is also expected to bring life-threatening rip currents to South Carolina.

MIAMI (AP) — A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.

Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds. While Erin’s maximum ...

Hurricane Erin is likely to restrengthen again as it passes east of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeast Bahamas on ...

Most of Erin’s intensification occurred during a 12- to 15-hour window overnight, according to Dan Pydynowski, a meteorologist at AccuWeather. By 5 p.m. Friday, Erin’s winds had remained only 75 mph.

Implications for the Leeward Islands: Residents and visitors in St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Puerto Rico and the northern Leeward Islands should monitor this system throughout the week. Even if ...

The federal government has sent more than 200 workers from FEMA and other agencies to Puerto Rico as a precautionary measure.

Forecasters said Erin should begin to slowly weaken as it increased wind shear. However, it's predicted to remain a major ...