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Hurricane Erin remains a category 4 storm, providing to bring current surf and rip currents on the American east coast this week.
Erin is located around 105 miles north, northeast of the island of Grand Turk, with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph moving towards the northwest at 13 mi / h, Monday morning.
Erin’s forecasts go east of southeast Bahamas on Monday and move between the Bermuda and the east coast of the United States in the middle of the week.
Additional strengthening is expected on Monday while Hurricane Erin is expected to “remain a large and dangerous major hurricane in the middle of this week,” the National Hurricane Center said in his 5 p.m. advice.
A warning of tropical storm is in force for the Turkish islands and caïcos and the Southeast Bahamas, and a tropical storm watch is in force for the central Bahamas.
Erin is expected to produce strong precipitation in certain parts of Hispaniola on Monday and in the Turks and Caïcos and parts of the Southeast and the Bahamas Center until Tuesday. Two to four inches, with local quantities of 6 inches, are planned.
All public services on the Turkish islands and caicos are suspended on Monday while Erin approaches, and the inhabitants are invited to stay at home, to secure goods and to prepare emergency supplies.
Erin will also generate swells that will have an impact on the Bahamas, the Bermuda, the eastern coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada in the coming days, which will likely cause current surf and rip currents.
Although the Côte Est will have no direct impact, outdoor banks have 10 to 20% chance of having windy gusts isolated with the winds of the tropical storm.
An emergency and compulsory evacuation prescription is in place for Ocracoke Island, located in the external banks of North Carolina.
Officials have warned that even if Erin will remain off the coast, the storm will create coastal floods which could “make the highway impassable” for days, hampering emergency intervention operations.
A compulsory evacuation prescription was issued for visitors Sunday evening and for residents from Tuesday morning.
Surveillance of coastal floods has been published for Ocracoke, and coastal floods and the oer washing of the ocean should start from Tuesday to Thursday.
“Dangerous waves, more than 20 feet, will probably flood and destroy the structures of protective dunes along the motorway. Parts of Highway 12 on the Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands will probably be impassable for several days. Potentially fatal swimming and surfing conditions are expected on Sunday.
Erin, the first hurricane of this year’s Atlantic season, trained on Friday and hit the Caribbean as a category 3 oragan during the weekend.
He eliminated power about 147,000 customers in Puerto Rico, According to Luma Energy. Since early Monday morning, 96.3% of customers have again had an electricity service, said the island’s electricity company.
