Hurricane Erin, tropical storm
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The massive hurricane was picking up speed, traveling north at 14 mph, and its center was located about 295 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. A tropical storm warning is in effect for parts of North Carolina and Virginia as the impacts from Erin spread northward.
Hurricane Erin is marching north and is set to bring life-threatening rip currents, destructive waves, coastal flooding and possibly beach erosion to much of the East Coast. The conditions will last through Thursday before improving later on Friday and into Saturday.
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Hurricane Erin stirs up strong winds, floods part of main highway as it creeps along the East Coast
RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong ... and homes on the Outer Banks and whip up life-threatening rip currents from Florida to New England. Authorities closed beaches to swimming Wednesday and Thursday ...
People in the Outer Banks should shelter in place, authorities said. Meanwhile, life-threatening rip currents are likely at beaches along the East Coast, according to forecasters.
The storm is bringing dangerous conditions to parts of the coast on Wednesday, but will then turn away from the United States.