"The core of Erin is expected to pass to the east of the southeastern and central Bahamas today and tonight," the National Hurricane Center said.

Tuesday's weather in the Philadelphia region will be cloudy and cooler than average, keeping with a pattern that will last through the end of the week.There could be some light rain in the morning, followed by mostly cloudy skies this afternoon,

The hurricane’s behavior in recent days makes it one of the fastest-strengthening Atlantic hurricanes on record.

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Hurricane Erin on Monday bulked back up, but then dropped back down, although still a major Category 3 storm as it moved near the Bahamas with an increasing wind field that prompted new tropical