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Hurricane Erin remains Cat 4

Hurricane Erin a Category 4 after briefly strengthening to fierce Category 5 storm

Hurricane Erin strengthened into a fearsome Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph for much of the day on Aug. 16 as it traveled west just north of the Virgin Islands, according to the N...

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Hurricane Erin explodes in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Atlantic near Caribbean islands

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Hurricane Erin surges to Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds. Latest track remains off East Coast.

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Delaware, Jersey shore beaches close as Hurricane Erin tracks near coast. See list

Delaware and Jersey Shore beaches were closed to swimmers on Tuesday, Aug. 19, with Hurricane Erin carrying life-threatening rip currents as the storm's path tracks near the East Coast.

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Things to Know About Dangerous Rip Currents and How Swimmers Caught in One Can Escape

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What to Know About Powerful Hurricane Erin as It Heads Toward the US East Coast

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National Hurricane Center tracking Hurricane Erin, tropical wave that could become next storm

Residents along the North Carolina coast were warned there is a risk of strong winds associated with the outer rainbands of Erin around the middle of the week, as well as a threat for significant coa...

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Hurricane Erin Forces Evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks, Threatens Dangerous Rip Currents

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Hurricane Erin Forces Evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks but Expected to Stay Offshore

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Erin stuns as a weekend Category 5, to bring life-threatening surf to the eastern US seaboard this week

Hurricane Erin dazzled forecasters over the weekend, putting on a spectacular show of strength rarely observed, becoming only the 43rd Atlantic-basin Category 5 hurricane on record and tying Camille in 1969 for the 4th earliest-forming Category 5 ever recorded.

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Forecasters tracking new disturbance in Atlantic as Cat 5 Erin expected to triple in size

Forecasters are tracking a new disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Erin, a Category 5 storm, undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle, according to a Saturday night update from the National Hurricane Center.