Erin, North Carolina and Hurricane
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Two more tropical systems trail Hurricane Erin, which is following a projected course that brushes past the East Coast without making landfall.
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Fox Weather on MSNDaily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Hurricane Erin prompts tropical storm alerts in North Carolina
Outer bands from Hurricane Erin could lash the North Carolina coastline with tropical-storm-force winds and heavy rain as it passes by the Outer Banks, where a Tropical Storm Watch and a Storm Surge Watch were issued.
Hurricane Erin is expected to bring large waves, rough surf and life-threatening rip currents from Florida to Canada
Much of North Carolina’s Outer Banks region is under a tropical storm watch with Hurricane Erin expected to skirt the area Wednesday through Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
By Tuesday morning, Erin had lost some strength from previous days and dropped to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 kph), the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.
Erin has rapidly intensified into a major hurricane. The storm officially became the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season on Frida. As of 6 a.m. on Saturday, Erin has become a Category 4 hurricane.