<h2 class="topline-heading">Topline</h2><p>Hurricane Erin has rapidly intensified to become a Category 5 storm on Saturday, one day after being upgraded from a tropical storm, as forecasters warned of flooding and possible landslides in the Caribbean through the weekend. </p><figure class="embed-base image-embed embed-0" role="presentation"><div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/68a0cc7be82906d882b53c5c/Tropical-Weather/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=1678&amp;cropY1=283&amp;cropY2=1402" alt="Tropical Weather" width="100%" height="auto"></div><div style="--article-bg-color:#faf3f1"><div class="bMqrj"><div class="Jp--BF7-"><span style="-webkit-line-clamp:2" class="Ccg9Ib-7 _8XF2kHYM">The Atlantic’s first hurricane of the season had maximum sustained winds of 160 miles per hour, forecasters said.</span></div><small class="pGGCM2aD">Associated Press</small></div></div></figure>

<div class="key-facts-element"><p>Hurricane Erin intensified into a Category 5 storm Saturday with maximum sustained winds of 160 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center’s latest <a href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT5+shtml/161731.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT5+shtml/161731.shtml" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT5+shtml/161731.shtml" aria-label="forecast">forecast</a>.</p></div>

The Atlantic’s first hurricane of the season had maximum sustained winds of 160 miles per hour, forecasters said.{ai:summary}<p>Hurricane Erin has rapidly intensified to Category 5 with 160 mph sustained winds, per the National Hurricane Center. </p><p>Forecasters warn of flooding and possible landslides in the Caribbean through the weekend as Erin remains a developing threat. #science</p>

Hurricane Erin Becomes Category 5 Storm

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