Lightning captured inside eye of Hurricane Lee

STORY: Hurricane Lee barreled toward the Caribbean after intensifying into a dangerous Category 5 storm as forecasters attempted to pinpoint where it will make landfall - if at all.

Lee is packing maximum sustained winds of 165 miles (265 km) per hour, making it a Category 5 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which is based on a storm's sustained wind speed. Category 5 hurricanes are the most powerful on the scale with minimum wind speeds of 157 mph.