- Hurricane Erin hits parts of the Caribbean.
- Reached up to the fourth category with a wind speed of 215 km/h.
- Further reinforcement is expected to be reinforced for the next 12 hours.
- It caused electricity outages and the cancellation of flights in Puerto Rico.
The stronger hurricane Erin hit parts of the Caribbean and According to predictions, intense rainfall can cause tidal floods and landslides. Sunday night intensified to “extremely dangerous” hurricane fourth category with a maximum wind speed of 215 kilometers per hourwrites TASR, according to AP and AFP reports.
Meteorologists warn that they will intensify and expand even more in the next 12 hours. Expected to On the night of Monday, it will bring tropical storm conditions to the Turks and Caicos archipelago and southeast Bahamas.
There should be a gradual weakness. “However, Erin will continue to increase its scope and will remain a large and dangerous hurricane of great power until at least half this week,” It was delivered by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami.
According to the NHC on Sunday at 23:00. Local time was about 205 kilometers east of Grand Turk. On Sunday they hit the outer zones of the hurricane part of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands where caused electricity outages for approximately 147,000 subscribers, Informed Luma Energy. More than 20 flights were canceled. The coastal guard later allowed the reopening of all ports in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands after the wind and rain weakened.
Erin, the first Atlantic hurricane this season, briefly strengthened on Saturday to the fifth category with a wind reaching 260 kilometers per hour, but later weakened. He reached the highest category just over 24 hours after it intensified from the first category. According to scientists, such rapid intensification is increasingly common due to global warming.
