BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Hurricane Erin is quickly intensifying because it tracks above the northeastern Caribbean on Saturday, sending rain and gusty winds to islands south of its path.
On Saturday, Erin was a Class 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 145 mph.
The Miami-based Nationwide Hurricane Heart says the storm’s winds have greater than doubled in velocity previously 24 hours, rising from a 70 mph tropical storm at 8 a.m. (native time) Friday to a 145 mph Class 4 at 8 a.m. Saturday.
Erin is positioned about 150 miles northeast of Anguilla,passing simply north of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico this weekend whereas making a gradual flip towards the north.
The NHC says it 9s unlikely it is going to make a direct landfall on any of the northeastern Caribbean islands. Nevertheless, tropical alerts are in place for a few of these areas, cautioning potential threats.
A Tropical Storm Watch is in impact. – St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, and Sint Maarten. Pursuits elsewhere within the northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, in addition to within the Turks and Caicos and the
The southeastern Bahamas are being urged to observe the progress of Erin.
