Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, is a formidable Category 4, the US National Hurricane Center said in an update late on Saturday downgrading the storm from Category 5 as the wind speed eased slightly. The storm was about 636km east of Grand Turk Island packing maximum sustained winds of 225kph, the NHC said, down from 160 mph. The NHC forecast Erin is moving toward the west-northwest at nearly 14 mph with a turn more northward expected to occur on Monday into Tuesday.

Tropical Storm Erin, now spinning far out in the central Atlantic Ocean, could undergo rapid intensification into a powerful 125-mph hurricane.

Erin strengthened into a strong tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph on Thursday evening while over the open tropical Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.