Erin became one of the earliest Category 5 hurricanes on record on Saturday. The storm will lash parts of the northern Caribbean on Sunday and Monday.

Hurricane Erin has battered North Carolina 's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves, flooding part of its main highway and surging under beachfront homes.

Elsewhere, a tropical wave will likely become Fernand and will follow a similar path to Erin - avoiding any U.S. landfall.