Hurricane Erin, Category 5
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Hurricane Erin dazzled forecasters over the weekend, putting on a spectacular show of strength rarely observed, becoming only the 43rd Atlantic-basin Category 5 hurricane on record and tying Camille in 1969 for the 4th earliest-forming Category 5 ever recorded.
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Erin has intensified to a Category Five Hurricane as it makes its way toward the East Coast of the United States.
Erin’s rapid jumps in strength show how hurricanes can intensify fast, weaken, and restrengthen as they move through ever-changing conditions.
While the compact hurricane’s center was not expected to strike land, it threatened to dump flooding rains in the northeast Caribbean.
Forecasters are tracking a new disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Erin, a Category 5 storm, undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle, according to a Saturday night update from the National Hurricane Center.
A disturbance in the Atlantic following Hurricane Erin is now expected to track northward, according to NHC data.