The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to strengthen over the next several days and says it could become a hurricane by late Thursday.

NHC meteorologists are monitoring the path of Hurricane Erin, the potential first hurricane of the season. Will it make landfall in the United States?

A long-track storm is expected to eye the U.S. next week after leaving at least seven dead in the Cabo Verde islands. Tropical Storm Erin formed in the central Atlantic Ocean on Monday morning and is now forecast to become the first major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season after causing at least seven deaths in the Cabo Verde islands