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.

Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of this year’s Atlantic season, is a Category 3, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, downgrading the storm from Category 4 as the wind speed ...

Hurricane Erin rapidly intensified to a monster category 5 on Saturday before weakening slightly down to a four early Sunday as experts expect the storm's intensity to continue to fluctuate ...