Hurricane Erin has been swiftly powering up as it makes its way across the Caribbean, with forecasters warning it could double or triple in size by the middle of next week.

Within the space of a day, it was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 5 storm, with sustained winds near 160mph as of late Saturday morning, according to the National Hurricane Centre. While the compact hurricane's centre was not expected to hit land as of Saturday, it threatens to dump flooding rains as it continues to grow. Mike Brennen, director of the National Hurricane Centre in Miami, said Erin had swiftly grown into a “very powerful hurricane,” racing from maximum sustained winds of 100 mph to 160 mph in a mere nine hours. “We expect to see Erin peak here in intensity relatively soon,” Brenn

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