Monster storm lashes North Carolina
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Hurricane Erin is battering the East Coast with coastal flooding, life-threatening rip currents and high surf, and in a few places, tropical storm force winds, particularly in North Carolina and the Virginia Tidewater. While the hurricane's maximum ...
Thousands of people were evacuated off parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks amid the threat of a storm surge. Meanwhile, beaches remained off limits along the East Coast as dangerous waves and rip currents slammed shorelines.