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The first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, Erin ramped up from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in a mere 24 hours.

By late Saturday morning, its maximum sustained winds more than doubled to 160 mph (255 kph).

Mike Brennen, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami, said Erin grew into a “very powerful hurricane,” with its winds gaining 60 mph (96 kph) in about nine hours. “We expect to see Erin peak here in intensity relatively soon,” Brennan said in an online briefing.

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The Hurricane Center said Erin should weaken somewhat late Saturday or early Sunday as the storm encounters increased wind shear and possibly takes in more dry air.

However forecasters predicted that it will remain a major hurricane until midweek.

The hurricane was located 110 miles (180 kilometers) north of Anguilla at Saturday afternoon and moving west at 16 mph (26 kph).

The storm’s center was forecast to remain at sea, passing 145 miles (233 kilometers) north of Puerto Rico, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Power lines and utility poles stand in front of La Perla neighborhood along the coast in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Erin approaches, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025.

Credit: AP/Alejandro Granadillo
Tropical storm watches were issued for St.

Maarten, and the hurricane center warned that heavy rain in some areas could trigger flash flooding, landslides and mudslides.