Hurricane Erin is now Category 2 storm
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Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.
Hurricane Erin, downgraded to a Category 3 storm, continues to churn and will begin to turn northward in the Atlantic this week, and could bring dangerous surf and rip currents to the Bahamas, Bermuda,
A westward-moving tropical wave could produce an area of low pressure in the tropical Atlantic late in the week of Aug. 18, the hurricane center said on Aug. 16. The center shows a 20% chance of storm formation over the next week.
Hurricane hunters with the NOAA flew through Hurricane Erin after it rapidly intensified into a rare Category 5 hurricane. Erin is expected to continue to fluctuate in intensity as it undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle.
The system is moving in the same direction and similar path to Erin, heading westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 miles per hour.