The U.S. was expected to avoid a direct hit, but Dare County made the order due to the storm's expected "life-threatening impacts."

The first hurricane of 2025 in the Atlantic continued to track north of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Sunday morning, hitting those islands with heavy rain and gusty winds. Erin is expected to move away from the islands later today and begin to curve more to the north.

Hurricane Erin has developed into a category 5 hurricane as of Saturday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.