Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph while the outbands pounded the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with gusty winds and heavy rains on Sunday.

Hurricane Erin, currently a Category 3 hurricane, is moving west-northwest and is expected to turn north on Monday and Tuesday.

Scientists have linked the rapid intensification of hurricanes in the Atlantic to climate change.

The storm is on track to curve north between the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda next week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Erin exploded in strength to a Category 5 storm in Atlantic waters just north of the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day, the National Hurricane...

On Saturday, its winds reached up to 160 mph, briefly making it a Category 5 hurricane, one of the fastest-growing Atlantic hurricanes on record.