Erin was upgraded Friday morning from a tropical storm to a hurricane, a storm with sustained winds above 74 miles per hour, making it the first hurricane of the 2025 season. Despite a relatively calm storm season until now, forecasters are still anticipating higher-than-normal levels of activity, and the peak of the hurricane season lies ahead.

The National Hurricane Center is predicting heavy rainfall across the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico through the weekend. The storm is projected to curve away from the US mainland, but parts of the East Coast are facing “significant risk of dangerous surf and rip currents along western Atlantic beaches next week.”

The hurricane season officially runs from June 1 until November 30 and typically has 14 storms strong enough to be named, meaning with

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