: Historic HURRICANE ERIN in the CARIBBEAN
: has morphed into a massive CAT 5 storm
: [13 min video]
: NaturalWisdom -- Saturday, 16-Aug-2025 22:24:52
https://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=258319

Sunday, August 17, 2025 10:46AM PDT - Erin
Caribbean Hurricane Network - Updates from the Islands -
https://stormcarib.com/

How lucky we are so far! Erin who was still just a tropical storm Friday morning exploded into a Category 5 hurricane in just 25 hours on Saturday morning. Dave already alluded to this rapid intensification yesterday.

This is happening more and more now due to increasing sea surface temperatures because of human induced global warming. This rapid intensification was all happening while Erin was passing just over 100 miles north of the northern Leeward Islands. If the track would have been just a bit more south we would have been in big trouble!

Erin has now 'weakened' to a strong Category 3 hurricane, so still a major one, due to an eye wall replacement cycle, packing 125 mph sustained winds. Right now it is passing 150+ miles north of the Dominican Republic, en route to the Turks & Caicos Islands and southern Bahamas.

According to the Closest Point of Approach-tool Erin's center will pass about 120 miles from Grand Turk tomorrow AM. However, conditions will deteriorate much quicker, since Erin is now a much larger storm. Tropical storm winds extend now outward up to 205 miles, so well within reach of the TCI. Some key messages from the advisories from the National Hurricane Center:

1. Heavy rainfall will continue into Monday across Puerto Rico, but is expected to diminish over the Virgin Islands later today. Locally considerable flash and urban flooding, along with landslides or mudslides, are possible.

2. Tropical storm conditions are expected in the Turks and Caicos Islands and are possible in the Southeast Bahamas tonight and Monday. Gusts to tropical storm force are possible in Erin's outer rainbands in portions of Puerto Rico today and the central Bahamas on Monday and Tuesday.

3. Erin is expected to produce life-threatening surf and rip currents along the beaches of the Bahamas, much of the east coast of the U.S., Bermuda, and Atlantic Canada during the next several days.