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Downgraded Hurricane Erin lashes Caribbean with rain
The Star
|August 18, 2025
OFFSHORE Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a Category 3 storm yesterday, as rain lashed Caribbean islands and weather officials warned of possible flash floods and landslides.
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The first hurricane of what is expected to be a particularly intense Atlantic season, Erin briefly strengthened into a “catastrophic” Category 5 storm before its windspeeds weakened.
It is expected to lash several Caribbean islands with heavy rain and strong winds but not make landfall.
Hurricane Erin was located about 225km north of San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 6am, when it was gauged as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 205km/h per hour, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC).
“The core of Erin is expected to pass to the east of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas tonight and Monday,’ the NHC said in its latest report, noting that it anticipated additional fluctuations in the storm's intensity.
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