Massive Hurricane Set to Fuel Coastal Flood Risk and Life-Threatening Rip Currents from the Carolinas to New England After rapidly intensifying into a monstrous Category 5 storm, Hurricane Erin is now on a path that is expected to bring powerful and dangerous seas to the entire U.

The first hurricane of the season is likely to form in the Atlantic Ocean this week. This system developed into Tropical Storm Erin today but remains very far from Texas in the eastern Atlantic. Through the week,

Hurricane Erin explodes in strength to a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean - The hurricane was located 105 miles (170 kilometers) north of Anguilla at about 11 am Saturday

Tropical Storm Erin, now spinning far out in the central Atlantic Ocean, could undergo rapid intensification into a powerful 125-mph hurricane.

As of the latest advisory on Aug. 11, Invest 97L has a high chance — 90% — chance of strengthening in the next seven days.

The National Hurricane Center is predicting Invest 97L could become a tropical depression or tropical storm as early as later this morning, Aug. 11.