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PBS News Hour

News Wrap: Hurricane Erin strengthens into Category 5 storm

Season 2025 Episode 228 | 2m 20s

In our news wrap Saturday, Hurricane Erin rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm in the Atlantic Ocean, rescue crews search for survivors after devastating flash floods and mudslides in Pakistan, and the Canadian government ordered thousands of striking Air Canada flight attendants back to work and sent their contract dispute to binding arbitration.

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