Hurricane Erin remains Cat 4
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Hurricane Erin to bring dangerous conditions to coast
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Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane during the early hours of Aug. 19 as it moves closer to the East Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Erin on Monday bulked back up, but then dropped back down, although still a major Category 3 storm as it moved near the Bahamas with an increasing wind field that prompted new tropical
Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph as its outer bands pounded the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with gusty winds and heavy rains early Sunday.
Hurricane Erin will eventually track eastward in the North Atlantic towards the United Kingdom. But crucially it will weaken and no longer be a hurricane or tropical storm before it brings the UK any impacts.