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Two people are dead and another person is missing after Hurricane Erin passed by the United States

The storm has already killed nine people after hitting the Cape Verde Islands as a tropical storm

The storm became a Category 1 hurricane on Friday, Aug. 15 and intensified into a Category 5 storm by the next day

Two people are dead and another person is missing after Hurricane Erin passed by the United States last week. Although the storm never made landfall, it did make an impact on the East Coast, causing dangerous currents.

One of the two victims who died was 59-year-old Ishmoile Mohammed, who was visiting Sailors Haven in the Fire Island National Seashore in Suffolk County from South Carolina when he was caught in a strong rip current on Saturday, Aug. 23, according to

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