Rip currents pose threat to Carolina beachgoers
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The already sprawling storm will grow larger as it hurls the ocean toward the East Coast and Bermuda, and it could have company this week.
The entire North Carolina coast, including the Outer Banks, is under tropical storm and storm surge warnings as Hurricane Erin churns as a Category 2 storm. The tropical
On Tuesday at 1:09 p.m. the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a tropical storm warning for Northern Outer Banks.
Crews in Virginia Beach were out Tuesday securing items and clearing drains, and Dominion Energy trucks were already stationed ahead of potential power outages and downed trees. Storm-driven waves
Erin is expected to produce life-threatening surf and rip currents to the Atlantic coast from Florida to Canada. Erin became the Atlantic season's first hurricane as expected late Aug. 15, then exploded into a Category 5 storm Aug.