The hurricane Erinfirst of the season in the Atlantic OceanIt was strengthened on Friday as it advances to the Caribbean, where it could cause strong rains and floods in Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that at 7:00 p.m. Erin reached VIMaximum sustained entos of up to 137 km/Hy was located about 500 km east of the Sotavento Islands, in the north, an area that includes the British and American virgin islands.
It is expected to generate intense rains on these territories between Friday night and Sunday, with “sudden floods (…), as well as landslides or mud,” the weather agency warned.
The San Martín Islands, San Bartolomé, Anguila And other islands, further south, are under surveillance.
A “sustained strengthening in the next few days is expected, and it is forecast that Erin becomes a major hurricane during the weekend,” said the NHC. The center added that the projection of the phenomenon at the southern end of its trajectory can lead to affect the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and then the Bahamas.
The waves driven by Erin Parts of the Sotavento Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico affect, and can “generate conditions of vital threat, strong waves and conditions of hangover currents,” according to the NHC.
The NHC predicts that the hurricane will turn north on Sunday night. Meteorologists stated that they trust to stay away from the coastline of the United States, although it can still cause a dangerous swell and erosions in places like North Carolina.
The Atlantic Hurricanes season is expected to be more intense than normal, according to meteorological predictions.
Last year, several great magnitude storms shook the region, including Hurricane Helene, which left more than 200 dead in the southeast of the United States.
