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Hurricane Erin starts slog up East Coast
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Hurricane Erin's outer bands were beginning to lash the southeast Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands early Monday after regaining Category 4 strength overnight.
After completing an eye wall replacement cycle, Hurricane Erin has now restrengthened to a Category 4 hurricane. Erin had max sustained winds of 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in an update on Sunday evening.
After pummeling the Caribbean as a Category 3 hurricane over the weekend, Hurricane Erin has restrengthened to a Category 4 and is expected to bring life-threatening waves and rip currents up and down the East Coast.
As of the National Hurricane Center’s 8 a.m. advisory, the center of Erin was located about 115 miles north-northeast of Grand Turk Island and 890 miles
Erin was a Category 3 hurricane Sunday morning, the National Hurricane Center said in its 8 a.m. update, with sustained winds of 125 mph, with tropical storm-force winds reaching out 205 miles.
An Atlantic disturbance now has a 50 percent chance of cyclone formation, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Forecasters are watching a new tropical system that may form behind Hurricane Erin, which is intensifying again Monday as it tracks off the U.S. coast.