Fifth time's the charm? After much speculation and many rounds of overhyped ghost storms going viral on social media, the Atlantic has its first hurricane of the year: Erin .

Erin strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 100 mph on Friday evening and is more than 300 miles east of the northeastern Caribbean's Leeward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The hurricane could bring some gusty winds, rain, rough surf and rip currents to parts of the far northeastern Caribbean as it slides just north of the islands this weekend.

Erin was tracking west-northwest on Friday evening and has already strengthened to a Category 4 storm.

Four other systems roamed the Atlantic basin before Erin - Andrea, Barry, Chantal and Dexter - but none were stronger t

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