There's a one in five chance of a tropical storm reaching Tennessee in 2025, Colorado State University research shows. Here's the latest on Hurricane Erin and it's projected path.

Mighty Hurricane Erin will track just east of the United States this week. Even if the center of the hurricane remains offshore, far-reaching and dangerous impacts will be felt at the Atlantic coasts.

Rip currents are the third leading cause of deaths from hurricanes, and they can happen on a sunny day hundreds of miles from the storm.

There is a risk for dangerous surf and life-threatening rip currents along the entire east coast, including most of Florida.

Erin became the first hurricane – and major hurricane; Category 3 or higher – of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. The NHC said Hurricane Erin is forecast to pass by the Bahamas on Monday, and between Bermuda and the southeastern United States this week.

Over the weekend, northern portions of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico are expected to receive tropical rain ranging from 2 to 4 inches, with isolated totals up to 6 inches. Flash flooding, landslides and mudslides will be the main concerns over the next several days.

A sprawling, powerful Hurricane Erin is churning toward the mid-Atlantic but is not to directly pound the U.S. coastline.  But that doesn’t mean it won’t have a major impact as forecasters are warning of rip currents and towering waves along the Eastern seaboard.

After losing some intensity over the weekend, Erin strengthened back into a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, according to an 11 a.m. ET advisory from the National Hurricane Center.