Hurricane Erin, East Coast
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Hurricane Erin moves offshore but still threatens East Coast with dangerous surf, rip currents, and tropical winds. Follow Newsweek's live blog.
The effects of Hurricane Erin rocked the Outer Banks of North Carolina overnight, battering it with storm surge, flooding and destructive waves, despite it never making landfall. The unusually large Category 2 storm is expected to bring coastal flooding ...
Forecasters predicted the storm would peak Thursday and said it could regain strength but was expected to turn out to sea.
Erin is currently making its closest approach to our coast, which is about 200 miles ESE of Cape Hatteras. Impacts will peak today with the worst conditions expected along the OBX during today's high tide cycles. #HurricaneErin #ncwx Latest briefing: https://t.co/CAZ6pY0eg1 pic.twitter.com/xTHVV8G4y6
Local officials issued evacuation orders for parts of the Outer Banks, warning that the storm might wash out roads.
Officials in Dare and Hyde counties have issued mandatory evacuation orders for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands ahead of Hurricane Erin, which strengthened overnight into a Category 4 storm. While Erin