Coastal flooding occurred with Thursday's high tide cycle and is likely again during Friday morning's high tide cycle.

Mandatory evacuation orders are in place along the Outer Banks of North Carolina amid fears they may get cut off from the main highway.

Powerful Hurricane Erin continued lashing hundreds of miles of the Northeast coastline on Thursday after creating big waves and coastal flooding in the Mid-Atlantic. The sprawling hurricane is now turning northeast toward Bermuda and continues to bring widespread coastal impacts to the East Coast.