More than 50,000 utility customers were without power in Puerto Rico as the hurricane battered the Caribbean, bringing heavy rain, powerful wind and sizable waves to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Island...

According to multiple meteorological reports, Hurricane Erin does pose a threat as it moves through the Caribbean and toward Puerto Rico.

While Erin won't hit the U.S. directly, the storm's biggest impact on the East Coast will be along the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where coastal flood watches, tropical storm watches and storm surge watches are in effect. The storm surge could be as high as 4 feet.

Hurricane Erin is poised to bring deadly rip currents to the entire US East Coast, as well as destructive waves and storm surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks.