Hurricane Erin intensified at a near-record rate. Is Florida ready for the next big storm?

Published on August 22, 2025 at 03:11 PM
Hurricane Erin intensified at a near-record rate. Is Florida ready for the next big storm?

Erin went from a tropical storm to a category 5 in about 24 hours, underscoring the danger of hurricane season amid a diminished Fema and National Weather Service

This season’s first hurricane – and the first of the Trump administration’s new era of meteorological austerity – has been making its closest pass to the US this week.

On Friday morning, weaker than days earlier, it was still a large storm, heading north-east, and affecting the US east coast with threats of coastal flooding.

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