Hurricane, Erin and Florida
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Hurricane Erin, the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, rapidly intensified Friday night, with the storm now reaching Category 5 strength with sustained winds of 160 mph.
Erin has been upgraded to the first hurricane of the 2025 season in the Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of the 11 a.m. advisory, Erin was located about 460 miles east of the Northern Leeward Islands and had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph with a minimum central pressure of 996 mb.
Hurricane Erin exploded in strength and became a major storm in Atlantic waters just north of the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day. The first Atlantic hurricane of 2025,