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Los Angeles Times
14 minutes ago
- Los Angeles Times
Hurricane Erin explodes in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said. Though the compact hurricane's center wasn't expected to hit land, it threatened to deliver flooding rains to Puerto Rico and other populated areas as it continued to grow. Mike Brennen, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said Erin had swiftly grown into a 'very powerful hurricane,' racing from maximum sustained winds of 100 mph to 160 mph in a mere nine hours. 'We expect to see Erin peak here in intensity relatively soon,' Brennan said in an online briefing. The first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, Erin ramped up from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in 24 hours. By late Saturday morning, its maximum sustained winds more than doubled to 160 mph. The U.S. government has deployed more than 200 employees from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other agencies to Puerto Rico as a precaution as forecasters issued a flood watch for the entire U.S. territory from late Friday into Monday. Puerto Rico Housing Secretary Ciary Pérez Peña said 367 shelters had been inspected and could be opened if needed. The U.S. Coast Guard said Friday that it closed six seaports in Puerto Rico and two in the U.S. Virgin Islands to all incoming vessels unless they had received prior authorization. The hurricane was 105 miles north of Anguilla at about 11 a.m. Saturday, moving west at 17 mph. The storm's center was forecast to remain at sea without hitting land, passing north of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Erin was close enough to affect nearby islands. Tropical storm watches were issued for St. Martin, St. Barts and St. Maarten. The National Hurricane Center warned that heavy rain in some areas could trigger flash flooding, landslides and mudslides. Tropical-storm-force wind gusts are possible in the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeast Bahamas. Officials in the Bahamas said they prepared some public shelters as a precaution as they urged people to track the hurricane. 'These storms are very volatile and can make sudden shifts in movement,' said Aarone Sargent, managing director for the Bahamian disaster risk management authority. Though compact in size, with hurricane-force winds extending 30 miles from its center, Erin was expected to double or even triple in size in the coming days, the National Hurricane Center said. That means the storm could create powerful rip currents off parts of the U.S. East Coast next week, even with its eye forecast to remain far offshore. Protruding U.S. coastal areas — such as North Carolina's Outer Banks, New York's Long Island and Cape Cod in Massachusetts — face a higher risk of direct and potentially severe tropical storm or hurricane conditions than much of the southern Atlantic, mid-Atlantic and northern New England coasts, AccuWeather said. Scientists have linked rapid intensification of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean to climate change. Global warming is causing the atmosphere to hold more water vapor and is raising ocean temperatures. The warmer waters give hurricanes fuel to unleash more rain and strengthen more quickly. Storms that grow so quickly complicate forecasting for meteorologists and make it harder for government agencies to plan for emergencies. Hurricane Erick, a Pacific storm that made landfall June 19 in Oaxaca, Mexico, also strengthened rapidly, doubling in intensity in less than a day. Erin is the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. It's the first to become a hurricane. The 2025 hurricane season is expected to be unusually busy. The forecast calls for six to 10 hurricanes, with three to five reaching major status with winds of more than 110 mph. Coto writes for the Associated Press. AP writer Isabella O'Malley in Philadelphia contributed to this report.
News24
16 minutes ago
- News24
Sunday's weather: Partly cloudy to cool, with isolated showers in some parts
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has forecast partly cloudy to cool and warm conditions, with isolated showers and thundershowers in some regions on Sunday. Weather forecast for today and tomorrow, 16-17 August 2025: Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers but scattered in the east today where a yellow level 2 warning for severe thunderstorm is issued. #SAWS #SAWeather — SA Weather Service (@SAWeatherServic) August 16, 2025 The weather in your province Gauteng: Partly cloudy and cool, with potential isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme south-east. The northern areas will be warmer. Pretoria: 10°C — 23°C Johannesburg: 9°C — 20°C Vereeniging: 10°C — 23°C Mpumalanga: Morning fog in the south-east, transitioning to partly cloudy and cool to warm weather. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected, except in the Lowveld region. Mbombela: 15°C — 22°C Ermelo: 8°C — 18°C Emalahleni: 8°C — 22°C Standerton: 8°C — 22°C Skukuza: 16°C — 27°C Limpopo: Calm but foggy conditions in the north-west in the morning. It will otherwise be partly cloudy and cool to warm, with light drizzle anticipated along the escarpment. Polokwane: 9°C — 21°C Phalaborwa: 16°C — 26°C Tzaneen: 9°C — 24°C Musina: 14°C — 25°C Lephalale: 9°C — 25°C Mokopane: 13°C — 24°C North West: Generally partly cloudy, with windy conditions, cool to warm temperatures, and clear skies expected in the western areas. Klerksdorp: 8°C — 24°C Potchefstroom: 8°C — 23°C Mahikeng: 9°C — 23°C Rustenburg: 9°C — 24°C Vryburg: 8°C — 25°C Free State: Partly cloudy and cool, with a chance of isolated showers and thundershowers, except in western areas. Bloemfontein: 6°C — 22°C Welkom: 9°C — 23°C Bethlehem: 5°C — 20°C Northern Cape: Morning fog patches in the south-west, becoming fine and cool throughout the day. Winds along the coastal areas will remain light to moderate from the south-east. Upington: 6°C — 23°C Kimberley: 5°C — 23°C De Aar: 4°C — 20°C Alexander Bay: 7°C — 20°C Springbok: 7°C — 20°C Calvinia: 4°C — 21°C Sutherland: -1°C — 17°C Western Cape: Morning fog patches in some regions, clearing to fine and cool weather. Coastal winds will vary, being moderate to fresh south-easterly, with north-westerlies along the south-west coast. Cape Town: 11°C — 20°C Vredendal: 9°C — 24°C Riversdale: 8°C — 23°C George: 10°C — 19°C Worcester: 7°C — 22°C Beaufort West: 6°C — 22°C Oudtshoorn: 5°C — 23°C Western half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog patches followed by fine and cool conditions. Coastal winds will be light and easterly. Eastern half of the Eastern Cape: Morning fog in some places, with the day becoming partly cloudy and cool. There might be isolated showers and thundershowers to the east. Coastal winds will be light east to south-east. Gqeberha: 11°C — 21°C Makhanda: 8°C — 19°C Cradock: 5°C — 23°C Graaff-Reinet: 6°C — 22°C East London: 14°C — 21°C Port St Johns: 15°C — 23°C Mthatha: 10°C — 24°C Komani: 6°C — 24°C Qonce: 10°C — 20°C KwaZulu-Natal: Morning fog across the interior, clearing to warm and cool zones, with sporadic isolated showers and thunderstorms. Coastal regions will experience moderate to fresh winds, moving northerly to north-easterly. Durban: 19°C — 24°C Richard's Bay: 17°C — 27°C Pietermaritzburg: 11°C — 24°C Ladysmith: 9°C — 24°C
Axios
44 minutes ago
- Axios
Hurricane Erin strengthens to Category 5
Hurricane Erin has intensified to a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds near 160 mph, per the National Hurricane Center. Threat level: An earlier advisory from the hurricane center was already forecasting "life-threatening surf and rip currents," and a new advisory is expected later Saturday afternoon. The storm is forecast to produce heavy rainfall through Sunday, with those dangerous surf and rip currents impacting areas along the East Coast, Bahamas' beaches and Atlantic Canada next week, per the National Hurricane Center. The latest: Erin, which on Friday was at a Category 1, was over the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of the Caribbean islands, as of 11 a.m. Saturday. It was moving toward the west near 17mph, a direction it is expected to continue in this afternoon, turn toward west/ northwest Saturday night and decrease in forward speed, turning toward the north next week. "Interests in Bermuda should continue to monitor the progress of Erin since there is a risk of strong winds, heavy rainfall, and high surf by the middle part of next week," the National Hurricane Center said. Zoom in: Hurricanes are categorized by wind speed on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which deems a Category 5 storm one with 157 mph sustained winds or higher. That means "catastrophic damage will occur" including a high percentage of framed homes destroyed, downed trees and power poles and power outages lasting weeks or months, per the wind scale.
