Severe Weather

Hurricane Erin is continuing to inch closer to the United States, and the storm is expected to bring dangerous high surf and life-threatening rip currents to Florida through the middle of the week.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking a tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic on the heels of Hurricane Erin that could strengthen into a depression later this week, and it's a system that could impact Florida. However, recent models show an area of high pressure could steer it toward Bermuda.

As Hurricane Erin tracks northward in the Atlantic, its broad wind field is expected to churn up rough seas and dangerous rip currents along Florida’s east coast this week, forecasters and county officials warned.

Hurricane Erin weakened into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

A lightning strike ignited a fire in the attic of a Lake Nona home Saturday afternoon, according to the Orlando Fire Department.

Hurricane Erin, which briefly intensified into a Category 5 storm Saturday morning, weakened to a Category 3 by the evening as it underwent an eyewall replacement cycle in the Atlantic, forecasters said.

Hurricane Erin, the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, rapidly intensified Friday night, with the storm now reaching Category 5 strength with sustained winds of 160 mph.

Hurricane Erin became the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season on Friday, with sustained winds of 100mph as it moves toward Anguilla.

Hurricane Erin became the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season on Friday, with sustained winds of 75 mph as it moves toward the Leeward Islands.

Tropical Storm Erin is rapidly intensifying in the Atlantic and is expected to become a hurricane later today, posing a growing threat to the northern Leeward Islands and surrounding regions.

Erin is nearing hurricane strength and could become a major hurricane by the weekend.

Tropical Storm Erin is strengthening and may become the first hurricane of 2025 by Friday.

An intense video recorded in South Carolina shows the moment when a bolt of lightning caused a transformer to explode in spectacular fashion.

Tropical Storm Erin is gaining strength in the Atlantic and is expected to become the first hurricane of the 2025 season by Friday, forecasters said. Here is the latest hurricane forecast, timeline, spaghetti models and potential Florida impact.

Tropical Storm Erin is continuing to gain strength, and forecasters with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) expect the system to become the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season.

Saharan dust, specifically the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), can significantly impact hurricane paths by suppressing storm development and potentially altering their trajectories. This dust is being pulled in by Tropical Storm Erin as it spins in the main development region of the far eastern Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Erin is showing signs of strengthening as it continues to move west across the central tropical Atlantic.