August 28, 2015
Tracking tropical storm Erika:
Tropical Storm Erika of August 2015 was the deadliest natural disaster in Dominica since Hurricane David in 1979. The fifth tropical cyclone and fifth named storm of the season, Erika developed from a westward-moving tropical wave while well east of the Lesser Antilles. Despite favorable conditions, the system failed to intensify significantly and continued to move generally westward. Erika instead became disorganized over the next few days, prior to encountering stronger wind shear. Contrary to predictions of a northwesterly recurvature, the cyclone persisted on a westerly course and passed through the Leeward Islands just north of Guadeloupe on August 27. Unfavorable conditions in the Caribbean Sea prevented Erika's intensity from attaining maximum sustained winds higher than 50 mph (85 km/h). Late on August 28, the storm made landfall in Dominican Republic near the border of Barahona and Pedernales provinces. Although the cyclone re-emerged into the Caribbean early the following morning, Erika did not re-organize, and after crossing the Guantánamo Province of Cuba, it degenerated into a trough of low pressure.
August 28, 2015
Tracking tropical storm Erika:
Tropical Storm Erika of August 2015 was the deadliest natural disaster in Dominica since Hurricane David in 1979. The fifth tropical cyclone and fifth named storm of the season, Erika developed from a westward-moving tropical wave while well east of the Lesser Antilles. Despite favorable conditions, the system failed to intensify significantly and continued to move generally westward. Erika instead became disorganized over the next few days, prior to encountering stronger wind shear. Contrary to predictions of a northwesterly recurvature, the cyclone persisted on a westerly course and passed through the Leeward Islands just north of Guadeloupe on August 27. Unfavorable conditions in the Caribbean Sea prevented Erika's intensity from attaining maximum sustained winds higher than 50 mph (85 km/h). Late on August 28, the storm made landfall in Dominican Republic near the border of Barahona and Pedernales provinces. Although the cyclone re-emerged into the Caribbean early the following morning, Erika did not re-organize, and after crossing the Guantánamo Province of Cuba, it degenerated into a trough of low pressure.