The National Hurricane Center warns that the storm churning in the Atlantic Ocean can pose dangerous beach conditions in the U.S. East Coast as early as Sunday

Hurricane Lee intensified into a Category 5 storm Thursday night and is forecast to move towards the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico this weekend and early next week.

The National Hurricane Center warns that the storm churning in the Atlantic Ocean can pose dangerous beach conditions in the U.S. East Coast as early as Sunday.

It is still too early to predict the direction of the hurricane and if it will affect the U.S. mainland.