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

Tropical Storm Erin, which formed in the eastern Atlantic on Monday, may become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. The United States’ National Hurricane Center (NHC) expects Erin to further intensify by the weekend as it moves west.

Tropical Storm Erin has developed close to the Cape Verde Islands, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Situated about 280 miles west-northwest of the islands, Erin features maximum sustained winds of 45 mph,