Hurricane Erin dazzled forecasters over the weekend, putting on a spectacular show of strength rarely observed, becoming only the 43rd Atlantic-basin Category 5 hurricane on record and tying Camille in 1969 for the 4th earliest-forming Category 5 ever recorded.

Erin intensifies after rare category five peak Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season, is growing in size even after being downgraded to a category three storm. The cyclone earlier reached a rare category five level on Saturday night,

Forecasters are tracking a new disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Erin, a Category 5 storm, undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle, according to a Saturday night update from the National Hurricane Center.