Tropical Storm Fernand continues to weaken in Atlantic
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Hurricane Erin underwent rapid intensification to become a Category 5 storm in just hours. It has since weakened to a Category 4 status.
Tropical Storm Fernand was headed into open waters of the central Atlantic well east and northeast of Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Courier-Post on MSNHurricane Erin is over. Fernand is out to sea. What's next for the 2025 hurricane season?
A short break in the storms is expected as Hurricane Erin and Fernand dissipate. Storms are expected to pick up again in mid-September.
Fernand, the 6th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed on Saturday over the open Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, but hooked quickly east of Bermuda on Sunday on a path out to sea.
Hurricane Erin continued to track away from the United States on Friday, and attention is turning to two other potential storms in the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center thinks both of the systems could become tropical depressions soon. And one seems to be on a path that those in the Caribbean will need to watch.
As Hurricane Erin moves east of the U.S., bringing impacts along the Atlantic coast, the National Hurricane Center continues to watch two areas in the tropics for possible development.
Hurricane Erin has made its brush with the North Carolina coast and is crawling out into the Atlantic Ocean. The storm that climbed from Category 1 to 5 in less than 24 hours last weekend was a very wide Category 2 in morning updates Thursday from the National Hurricane Center.