Hurricane Erin, North Carolina and Outer Banks
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Hurricanes like Erin Trigger Rip Currents
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Meteorologists are closely tracking the projected path and forecast of Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year.
Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes as the monster storm slowly began to move away from the East Coast on Thursday. Forecasters predicted ...
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The Weather Channel on MSNHurricane Erin Bringing Life-Threatening Rip Current Threat To East Coast, Surge Flooding and Gusty Conditions To North Carolina
Hurricane Erin's path will not bring its strongest winds ashore. However, it continues to grow in size, and its impacts from high surf, rip currents and coastal flooding are already increasing along parts of the East Coast.
Most of the tourists have left Ocracoke Island, and the surfers are watching closely as deadly rip currents lurk below the waves.