The Atlantic’s first major hurricane of the season has become one of the fastest-strengthening storms on record.

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

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At 2 AM AST, Erin’s maximum winds have dropped to 125 mph, taking the storm back to a Category 3 hurricane. The center is 140 ...

Swells from the hurricane are expected to spread to the East Coast of the U.S. and "Atlantic Canada" by the "early and middle portions of the week." The swells "will likely cause life-threatening surf ...

Hurricane Erin exploded in strength and became a major storm in Atlantic waters just north of the Caribbean on Saturday, ...

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Hurricane Erin rapidly strengthened offshore to a “catastrophic” Category 5 storm on Saturday, as rain lashed Caribbean ...

Powerful Hurricane Erin has undergone a period of astonishingly rapid intensification — a phenomenon that has become far more ...