Hurricane Erin, Outer Banks
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Hurricane Erin continues its northerly track and is set to deliver impacts to the beaches in New Jersey and Delaware.
On Thursday, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of North Carolina and pushing storm surge and deadly rip currents toward the shore. Two other systems may form right behind.
A tropical storm warning is in effect for the coastal regions of Virginia, the Outer Banks, Pamlico Sound, and the Eastern Shore. A coastal flood warning is in place from Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon for coastal areas in Hampton Roads, on the Eastern Shore, and on the Outer Banks.
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The Weather Channel on MSNLive Weather Updates, August 21: Hurricane Erin's Waves Flood The Outer Banks As The Storm's Reach Stretches Up The East Coast
Simply put, today is the day that Hurricane Erin will do its worst along the U.S. East Coast. We're already see the large waves and coastal flooding in North Carolina's Outer Banks, but this large storm's trek northeast is also pushing ocean swells high onto beaches along New York's Fire Island and the Jersey Shore.
Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes as the monster storm slowly began to move away from the East Coast on Thursday.
The International Space Station captured the unusually large storm as it swirled near the East Coast of the United States.