Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, is a formidable Category 4, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an update late Saturday downgrading the storm from Category 5 as the wind speed eased slightly.
The storm was about 636 kilometers east of Grand Turk Island packing maximum sustained winds of 225 kilometers per hour, the NHC said, down from 257 kph.
The NHC forecast Erin is moving toward the west-northwest at nearly 23 kph with a turn more northward expected to occur on Monday into Tuesday.
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