This is a republishing of the Sun Herald’s first story after Hurricane Katrina’s landfall on the Mississippi Coast.

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Hurricane Hurricane Erin rapidly intensifies into a major hurricane, reaching Category 4 status Erin is the 5th named storm of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season.

Erin is expected to explode in strength over the very warm water of the western Atlantic and rapidly intensify into the season's first major hurricane - Category 3 or higher - Saturday.

Erin strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 145 mph on Saturday morning.

The Atlantic has its first real hurricane of the year: Erin. It's expected to intensify to a Category 4 storm over the next few days, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.