Erin has become an unusually large and deceptively worrisome storm moving through the Caribbean, with its tropical storm ...

Erin has become an unusually large and deceptively worrisome storm moving through the Caribbean, with its tropical storm ...

Wind shear (red - strong shear; green - low shear). Shear is typically strong to start the hurricane season: ...

Even though Hurricane Erin's top winds are not as intense as they once were, the storm has grown in size, so its impacts will spread over a wider area.