While a Gulf disturbance that moved into Texas on Friday seems to have run its course, Hurricane Erin in the western Atlantic intensifies.

Hurricane Erin catapulted in strength overnight from a low-end Category 1 to a monstrous Category 4. The powerhouse storm, which was located several hundred miles east-northeast of Puerto Rico on Saturday morning,

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — (AP) — Hurricane Erin strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm Saturday in the Caribbean, where it threatened to dump flooding rains as it continued to grow larger and stronger, the National Hurricane Center said.