Hurricane Erin downgraded to Class 3 storm : NPR

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Alejandro Granadillo/AP Hurricane Erin was downgraded to a Class 3 hurricane early Sunday as a tropical storm warning was issued for the Turks and Caicos Islands and winds and heavy rains whipped the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

Erin, the primary Atlantic hurricane of 2025, reached Class 5 standing earlier than weakening, with most sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph), in line with the Nationwide Hurricane Middle in Miami.

The storm's middle was about 155 miles (245 kilometers) north of San Juan, Puerto Rico and almost 300 miles (500 kilometers) east of the Grand Turk Island, transferring west-northwest at 14 mph (22 kph).

A tropical storm warning means tropical storm circumstances are anticipated someplace throughout the warning space, and on this case, inside 24 hours, the NHC stated. Heavy rain remains to be anticipated throughout the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with rainfall of three to six inches (about 7.6 to fifteen cms), with 8 inches (20 cms) in some remoted areas.

Greater than 159,000 clients have been with out energy in Puerto Rico because of Hurricane Erin on Sunday morning, in line with Luma Vitality, a non-public firm that oversees the transmission and distribution of energy on the island.

Swells have been additionally anticipated to have an effect on parts of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and the Turks and Caicos Islands in the course of the subsequent couple of days, the NHC reported.

The federal government of the Bahamas additionally issued a tropical storm look ahead to the Southeast Bahamas.

Scientists have linked the speedy intensification of hurricanes within the Atlantic to local weather change. World warming is inflicting the ambiance to carry extra water vapor and is spiking ocean temperatures, and hotter waters give hurricanes gasoline to unleash extra rain and strengthen extra shortly.