The longstanding hurricane rating system, the Saffir-Simpson Scale, only takes into account sustained wind speeds and not the ...

Upgraded from tropical storm to the Atlantic basin’s first hurricane of the season Friday morning, Erin at 2 p.m. Eastern was packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph – just above the threshold for ...

Hurricane Erin became the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season on Friday, with sustained winds of 75 mph as it moves ...