It’s hurricane season for the East Coast of the United States, and Tropical Storm Erin is making headlines this week. Per the National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) forecast, the system will become a hurricane later this week. Most spaghetti models and other forecasts show that Erin won’t even hit the East Coast, so why is the development causing concern? Could it make landfall in the Caribbean or the East Coast? Get updates on the hurricane below.

Is Tropical Storm Erin a Hurricane?

At the time of publication, Erin is still a tropical storm, not a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center predicts that Erin will transform into a hurricane on Friday, August 16.

Tropical Storm #Erin is now less than 1000 miles from the Virgin Islands- looks like it becomes a hurricane by late Friday then c

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