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.

Weather conditions are expected to deteriorate along the coast of North Carolina on Aug. 20 due to Hurricane Erin, according to the NHC.

Authorities predicted flooding, surges and swells along some parts of the East Coast even as Erin moves out toward the ocean.

Hurricane Erin is moving northward through the Atlantic Ocean, and even though its strongest winds will not make landfall, ...