A disturbance in the Atlantic following Hurricane Erin is now expected to track northward, National Hurricane Center data shows.

Hurricane Erin has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane but is gaining in size and raising the risk of life-threatening surf later this week along the U.S.

The first Atlantic hurricane of the season is forecast to bring heavy rain and life-threatening surf and rip currents to the U.S. East Coast this week.

As summer peaks, so does the Atlantic hurricane season, and the first major storm is now on our doorstep. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC), Tropical Storm Erin is on a rapid westward path and is projected to strengthen into the Atlantic's first hurricane of the season as early as Thursday,

Storms that ramp up so quickly complicate forecasting and make it harder for government agencies to plan for emergencies. Hurricane Erick, a Pacific storm that made landfall June 19 in Oaxaca, Mexico, also strengthened rapidly, doubling in intensity in less than a day.

Hurricane Erin threatened the East Coast with dangerous rip currents as the large storm was expected to grow while moving on a projected path up the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center in Mi