Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds.

Hurricane Erin may have grown in size, but a reduction in wind speed has downgraded the first named storm of the season to a Category 3.{ai:summary}Hurricane Erin weakened to Category 3 Sunday, with outer bands lashing the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.Heavy rains and tropical-storm winds continued to batter the region. #outdoors

Hurricane Erin downgraded to Category 3, expected to turn northward: meteorologists

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