MIAMI, Aug 15, CMC – Tropical Storm Erin Friday became the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season and is expected to pass near or north of the Leeward Islands on Saturday.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) in its 11.00 am (local time) bulletin said that the hurriccane is about 460 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands and has maximum sustained winds oof 75 miles per hour (mph).
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Anguilla and Barbuda, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, Saba and St. Eustatius as well as Sint Maarten and that interests elsewhere in the northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands,and Puerto Rico should monitor the progress of Erin.
According to the NHC, the center of Hurricane Erin was located near latitude 18.2 North, longitude 56.1 West and it is moving toward the west-northwest near 18 mph.
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