Two-and-a-half months into the season, the region has its first documented hurricane and it could impact Long Island beaches.

"Erin will be a large and powerful hurricane over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean this weekend," the National Hurricane Center said.

Erin strengthened into a hurricane Friday as the storm continued on a path over the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said. It is the first hurricane to develop in the Atlantic this year, and it was ...

After much speculation and many rounds of overhyped ghost storms going viral on social media, the Atlantic has its first real hurricane of the year: Erin. Erin strengthened into a Category 1 ...