Hurricane Erin is now a dangerous Category 5 storm after rapidly intensifying over the Atlantic Ocean.
According to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center, Erin has maximum sustained winds near 160 miles per hour about 105 miles north of Anguilla.
On Friday, Erin grew from a tropical storm to become the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season.
Erin is expected to dump heavy rainfall as it moves just north of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico over the weekend.
Forecasters say the catastrophic hurricane is expected to stay well away from the East Coast, though Erin is likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip currents along U.S. coastal areas early next week.
Forecasters have also highlighted an area off the U.S. East Coast with a brief window of formation.
"A broad and weak area of low pressure located off the coast of North Carolina is producing disorganized shower activity. Some slight development of this system is possible over the next day or two while it moves little over the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. By Monday, environmental conditions are expected to become unfavorable for further development," said the NHC.
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