Hurricane Erin continues to churn in the Atlantic, gaining strength as it looks to swing north and away from the U.S. coastline. It's now a Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph.

While the hurricane’s center was not expected to strike land, it threatened to dump flooding rains in the northeast Caribbean ...

Hurricane Erin remains a powerful Category 5 major hurricane Saturday evening as it moves just north of northern Lesser ...

Hurricane Erin went from Category 4 to a top-of-the-scale Category 5 on Saturday — but fortunately on a projected path that should keep it well away from Florida and the East Coast.