FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- The school speed zone cameras in Fort Walton Beach have been busy since school started in early August.

On Thursday morning, deep cliffs of sand lined much of Wrightsville Beach after the surf came up around high tide Wednesday evening, eating away at the shoreline.

Several homes are at risk of collapsing into the ocean as massive waves and storm surge from Hurricane Erin hammer beaches along the Atlantic coast of the United States.

Waves are getting bigger and skies are getting gloomier at Wrightsville Beach as Hurricane Erin's impacts begin to reach North Carolina's coast.

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A North Carolina Ponzi schemer was sentenced to 24 years in prison Friday for defrauding 117 investors of at least $24 million, federal prosecutors said.

Hurricane Erin devastated sea turtle nests in North Carolina as the storm moved up the coast.