Hurricane Erin, North Carolina
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Increased surf and dangerous rip currents are expected to continue along the eastern seaboard as Hurricane Erin moves into the North Atlantic.
Hurricane Erin was a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph as it made its closest approach to the U.S.
On Wednesday morning, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of Florida and beginning to push storm surge and deadly rip currents toward the shore. Two other systems may form right
The National Hurricane Center warned that roads in the low-lying barrier islands will become impassable, with waves of 15 to 20 feet crashing ashore.
The massive storm is expected to bring coastal flooding and tropical storm conditions to parts of the mid-Atlantic despite not making landfall.
As Hurricane Erin moves farther away from Florida’s eastern coastline, members of sea turtle patrol teams, like Kevin Brown with Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol, are left looking for any survivors.
The International Space Station captured the unusually large storm as it swirled near the East Coast of the United States.
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Hurricane Erin swells in Atlantic kicking up dangerous surf for Florida; NHC tracks 2 more systems
Hurricane Erin on Wednesday grew in size as it made its way up into the Atlantic off the U.S. East Coast with tropical-storm conditions forecast to hit North Carolina and dangerous surf left
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