Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds

Hurricane forecasters said powerful Erin was creating life-threatening surf conditions at beaches up and down the whole East Coast.

As Hurricane Erin approaches the North Carolina coast, Charlotte Fire’s Urban Search and Rescue team is headed east to support rescue operations.

Island communities off the coast of North Carolina are bracing for flooding ahead of the year’s first Atlantic hurricane, Hurricane Erin. Although forecasters are confident that the storm won’t make direct landfall in the United States,

Hurricane Erin is expected to grow in size and strength as it moves north through the Atlantic this week. Forecasters expect it to pass well offshore of North Carolina on Wednesday and Thursday, but say it likely will cause coastal flooding and erosion, along with dangerous rip currents. National Hurricane Center

Millions of people up and down the East Coast have been told to prepare for impacts from Hurricane Erin as the monster Category 2 hurricane continues on its journey across the Atlantic, bringing it close to the U.

Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings have been issued for parts of North Carolina's coast, Turks and Caicos, and the Bahamas as Hurricane Erin spins in the Atlantic Ocea. As of 11AM, Hurricane Erin was about 650 miles southwest of Bermuda and 690 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras,