The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is now monitoring three disturbances in the Atlantic, as Erin continues to prompt warnings along U.S. East Coast beaches. As of Friday morning, the NHC said that a "small area of low pressure located well southwest of the Azores is moving through a dry environment and producing only occasional showers."

A tropical storm warning has been issued for North Carolina as Hurricane Erin churns up the east coast of the U.S. as a Category 2 storm.

Life-threatening conditions from storm surges exist along the East Coast despite Hurricane Erin turning northeasterly and moving away from the United States.