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Patrick Pester

Watch Hurricane Erin reach Category 5 strength in a blaze of lightning

A GIF of lightning flashes around the eye of Hurricane Erin, taken from the GOES-19 satellite. .

A weather satellite has captured stunning footage of Hurricane Erin crackling with flashes of lightning as it rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane over the weekend.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) latest geostationary satellite, GOES-19, recorded Erin as it strengthened into a hurricane on Friday (Aug. 15) and then topped the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) on Saturday (Aug. 16).

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