Hurricane Erin, US East Coast
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Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it churns in the Atlantic where high winds and heavy rain are pelting the Turks and Caicos Islands and parts of the Bahamas.
Wednesday will be warm and sunny with a few pop-up showers and storms in the afternoon, while Hurricane Erin continues to track north-northwest and away from the coast, but will still cause rip currents and potential beach erosion and flooding.
The Outer Banks' remote beaches, dunes and oceanfront houses, are among the "most dynamic natural landscapes occupied by man," U.S. Geological Survey scientists wrote in 2016. As Erin tracked north,
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 wild horses of the Outer Banks of North Carolina are majestic, athletic and in total harmony with nature. As Hurricane Erin may stop by and sit for a spell,
"Extreme beach and coastal damage is likely along the oceanside, resulting in a significant threat to life and property," weather forecasters said about a Hurricane Erin impact on the OBX and other North Carolina coastal areas.