Hurricane Erin path tracker: Category 4 Hurricane to bring life-threatening surf, rip current to US east coast

Hurricane Erin is currently a massive Category 4 storm swirling in the Atlantic after bursting in intensity at a record-breaking rate this past weekend.

By Connect Gujarat Desk 18 Aug 2025 in World

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Hurricane Erin path tracker: Category 4 Hurricane to bring life-threatening surf, rip current to US east coast

The main concern is storm's devastating effect with the potential to send dangerous rip currents and enormous waves toward the eastern US coastline and Bermuda.

Although the storm is expected to remain well offshore, as it gets set to move north, its vast wind field is already causing massive seas to travel hundreds of miles outward, bringing hazardous rip currents to US coasts, according to sources.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports that Erin's outer rainfall bands began affecting the southeast Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands early Monday and have tormented Puerto Rico, causing catastrophic flooding and power disruptions.

Beginning Tuesday, huge waves from the hurricane are predicted to hit parts of the East Coast and Bermuda, and conditions are predicted to get worse through the middle of the week.

Over the next few days, Erin is expected to continue to linger offshore but become stronger and larger as it swings northeast between the US East Coast and Bermuda.

This implies that its effects will be felt through the ocean rather than on land, including big, roaring waves, hazardous currents, and coastal flooding during high tides.

North Carolina's Dare County, which is home to the Outer Banks, declared a local state of emergency on Sunday, requiring Hatteras Island residents to evacuate.

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