Erin strengthens to Category 5 hurricane
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Hurricane Erin weakening for now, heavy rain risk for Puerto Rico and impacts at the N.C. midweek
Erin is now a Category 3 hurricane as of the 2 a.m. National Hurricane Center advisory with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph, and 11 p.m. TROPICAL UPDATE: The latest advisory shows Erin is forecast to intensify.
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Al Jazeera on MSNHurricane Erin threatens Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands with flooding
Heavy rains are forecast to start with the storm expected to become a major Category 3 storm over the weekend.
Hurricane Erin was expected to soak the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rain through the weekend before heading north up the Atlantic.
Erin, moving near the Leeward Islands, strengthened into a hurricane on Friday morning and is expected to pass north of Puerto Rico this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said.
Tropical Storm Erin -- which is forecast to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season by Saturday morning -- won't have a direct impact on the U.S., but it will bring dangerous rip currents to the East Coast.