Hurricane Erin briefly strengthened into a Category 5 storm. It is not expected to make a direct hit on the U.S. but will ...

Hurricane Erin raced from a Category 1 to a Category 5 storm. If Erin keeps ramping up, is there a Category 6?

NOAA's GOES-19 satellite captured images of Hurricane Erin as it developed in the Atlantic and then rapidly strengthened into ...

Hurricane Erin rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a dangerous Category 5 hurricane in just 24 hours.

Can you ride out a Category 5 hurricane on the 50th floor? Would you want to? You might not make it through the storm alive, ...

While the compact hurricane's center wasn't expected to strike land, it threatened to dump flooding rains on the northeast ...

Hurricane Erin intensified from Category 3 to Cat 5 in just a couple of hours. Though not expected to make landfall, Erin ...

Hurricane Erin on Saturday strengthened to a "catastrophic" Category 5 storm as it barrelled towards the Caribbean, with ...

Update: Sustained winds as of 11:35 am EST have increased to 160 mph since this article was published. It is now Category 5.

It quickly powered up from a tropical storm to a Category 5 in a single day, the National Hurricane Center said.

The first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, Erin ramped up from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in a mere 24 hours.