A cold front will bring scattered to numerous showers to the area on Saturday. Isolated severe storms are possible through early evening. Drier and cooler air will build in through the second half of the weekend.
Erin is not the strongest nor the largest storm to develop in the Atlantic, but it is part of an alarming trend.
Island communities off the coast of North Carolina are bracing for flooding ahead of Erin, the year’s first Atlantic hurricane.
Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane early Sunday as a tropical storm warning was issued for the Turks and Caicos Islands and winds and heavy rains whipped the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
After undergoing rapid strengthening overnight Friday into Saturday, Hurricane Erin is now a Category 5 storm with core winds approaching 160 mph.
Erin strengthened into a hurricane on Friday as it approached the northeast Caribbean, prompting forecasters to warn of possible flooding and landslides.
A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car during heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, an official said Wednesday.
Tropical Storm Erin formed Monday morning in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and forecasters expect it to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season this week.
Two people were found dead in central North Carolina after rushing floodwaters pulled them from their submerged car.
