Tropical Storm Erin's path puts some homeowners at heightened risk, as the storm starts building into a hurricane tracked by meteorologists.

Erin is the fifth named storm of what forecasters predicted would be an above-average season. But more notably, it is only the fifth hurricane on record to reach Category 5 strength this early — and the first to do so outside the Gulf or Caribbean,

Tropical Storm Erin is expected to drift slightly more south of due west through Thursday. It will come close enough to the northern Caribbean to potentially bring tropical storm-force winds by the weekend,

Hurricane Erin, now a powerful Category 4 storm churning in the Caribbean, is not forecast to hit land, but it will bring large waves and dangerous rip currents to the U.S. East Coast. Here's the latest forecast:

Tropical Storm Erin on Wednesday continued to push west through the Atlantic with it forecast to become the season’s first hurricane, growing to major hurricane strength by the weekend,