Hurricane Erin now a Category 4 storm
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Years later, in 2022, Hurricane Fiona also made landfall in Puerto Rico, bringing “catastrophic and life-threatening flooding” as the slow-moving Category 1 storm dumped trillions of gallons of water on the island.
BEAUMONT, Texas — Tropical Storm Erin is moving quickly westward across the Atlantic Ocean and could strengthen into a hurricane by late Thursday, prompting the National Hurricane Center to advise residents of the northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to monitor the storm's progress.
Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph while its outer bands pounded the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with gusty winds and heavy rains early Sunday.