Tropical storm turns into Hurricane Ellen as tropical storm approaches Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands | U.S. Weather

A tropical storm quickly became Hurricane Erin in mid-Friday Puerto Rico Virgin Islands hurricane.

This huge storm spins around the Caribbean and is expected to go to Floridapick up speed on warm seawater before finally getting away from the continental United States.

Miami National Hurricane Center (NHC) Report on x Erin is the fifth storm in the Atlantic hurricane season, located a few hundred miles east of the northern wind island with a maximum sustained wind of 70 mph.

It is expected to strengthen to hurricanes by early Friday afternoon, but it hits hurricanes as the northeast approaches Caribbean Seaprompting forecasters to warn of possible floods and landslides and strengthen large Category 3 storms later this weekend.

The NHC warned that the storm strengthened the Category 3 hurricane, causing possible flooding and landslides.

Private sector forecaster Accuweather went further. “Erin is expected to explode into a powerful Category 4 hurricane as it crosses the very warm waters of the open Atlantic Ocean. The water temperature on the surface and the water temperatures at hundreds of feet deep are several degrees higher than the historical average,” said Alex Dasilva, chief hurricane expert at Accuweather.

Storm watches were released for Anguilla and Barbuda, St Martin and St Barts, Saba and St Eustatius and St Maarten, with rain forecasts starting late Friday in Antigua and Barbuda, the United States and the United Kingdom Virgin Islandsand the southern and eastern parts of the U.S. Puerto Rico territory in the Dominican Republic and eastern Haiti.

The NHC said the area expects up to 4 inches of rain in the area, with the total of up to 6 inches of isolation. Forecasters also warn of the dangerous swelling.

“There is still uncertainty about the impact Erin may have on the Bahamas, parts of the U.S. East Coast, and from a distance to Bermuda,” the NHC said Friday.

Michael Lowry, a hurricane expert and storm surge expert, told the Associated Press that Erin is expected to eventually turn northeast, which will take it on the road between the United States and Bermuda.

“Next week’s forecasts will still allow future hurricanes to be safely east of the continental United States,” he said.

Erin was caused by a bunch of showers and thunderstorms that moved from the coast of Africa last week, becoming a tropical storm near the Cape Verde Islands and dumped up to 8 inches of rain in five hours. Televisãoáfrica reported that at least six people died and disappeared after the mountain flood.

Accuweather predicts Erin will cause dangerous surfing and tearing currents on the U.S. east coast next week, with the waves extending to 15 feet in North Carolina.