Article first published: Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, 4 a.m. ET
Article last updated: Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, 1 p.m. ET
System type: Hurricane, Category 2
System name: Erin
The National Hurricane Center’s 1 p.m. Thursday advisory reported that Category 2 Hurricane Erin is in the Atlantic Ocean, 285 miles east of Cape Hatteras North Carolina and 400 miles northwest of Bermuda. The hurricane is moving northeast at 18 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph.
Bermuda under a tropical storm warning, forecasters report.
Changes with this advisory
The Bermuda Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Bermuda.
Watches and warnings currently in effect
• Storm Surge Warning for Cape Lookout to Duck, North Carolina
• Tropical Storm Warning for:
• Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina to Chincoteague, Virginia, including Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds
• Bermuda A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area. A Storm Surge Warning means there is a danger of life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, in the indicated locations. For a depiction of areas at risk, please see the National Weather Service Storm Surge Watch/Warning Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov. This is a life-threatening situation. Persons located within these areas should take all necessary actions to protect life and property from rising water and the potential for other dangerous conditions. Promptly follow evacuation and other instructions from local officials.
Meaning of the different watches and warnings
Interests in Atlantic Canada should monitor the progress of Erin and refer to local watches and warnings issued by Environment Canada.
Hazards affecting land
Wind. Tropical storm conditions will continue to affect portions of the North Carolina Outer Banks and the Virginia coastline for the next few hours. Elsewhere along the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coast, wind gusts to tropical storm force are likely through early Friday. Tropical storm conditions are expected on Bermuda late this afternoon through early Friday. Gusts to gale force are possible along portions of the coast of Nova Scotia on Friday and the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland on Saturday.
Surf. Swells generated by Erin will affect the Bahamas, Bermuda, the east coast of the United States, and Atlantic Canada during the next several days. These rough ocean conditions are expected to cause life-threatening surf and rip currents.
A depiction of rip current risk for the United States can be found at: hurricanes.gov/graphics_at5.shtml?ripCurrents
Storm surge. The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water could reach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated areas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide…
Cape Lookout to Duck, North Carolina…2 to 4 ft
The deepest water will occur along the immediate coast where the surge will be accompanied by large and dangerous waves. Surge-related flooding depends on the relative timing of the surge and the tidal cycle, and can vary greatly over short distances.
For a complete depiction of areas at risk of storm surge inundation, please see the National Weather Service Peak Storm Surge Graphic, available at hurricanes.gov/graphics_at5.shtml?peakSurge.
Source: National Hurricane Center