Parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks are under mandatory evacuation orders, as the National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Erin could bring tall waves topping 15 to 20 feet.

MIAMI (AP) — A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.

Get an abbreviated, text view of what's happening with Hurricane Erin. Hurricane Erin was a Category 4 storm again Monday morning and is expected to grow even larger and stronger, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

As Hurricane Erin moves its way toward Hampton Roads, meteorologists say heavy winds from the storm are going to make the expected flash flooding even worse. Eswar Iyer, a lead meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Wakefield,

A few Jersey Shore communities have banned swimming at their beaches as of Monday due to dangerous surf conditions caused by Hurricane Erin, authorities said Monday.

Hurricane Erin is a sprawling Category 4 storm churning in the Atlantic Monday after exploding in strength at a historic rate this weekend. The storm’s enormous footprint is becoming the biggest conce

Mandatory evacuation orders are in effect in parts of North Carolina as the US East Coast braces for life-threatening rip currents from Hurricane Erin.

Coastal flood and beach erosion are also possible this week as Hurricane Erin passes far off the Jersey Shore.

The National Weather Service expects that Hurricane Erin — reported to be a category 4 hurricane as of Monday morning — will travel far out to sea later this week, but Steamship Authority officials are still bracing for some disruptions.

Flooding, rip current and small craft weather alerts were issued by the NWS for South Jersey as result of Hurricane Erin.