As millions of people along the East Coast prepare for impacts from Hurricane Erin, coastal communities in New Jersey and Delaware are facing dangerous rip currents and high surf risks.

Some beaches in the Delaware Valley have prohibited swimming as a precaution as Hurricane Erin moves closer to the East Coast.

Although Erin will pass several hundred miles east of New Jersey, we really can't say New Jersey will see "no" weather and surf impacts from the storm.

Cape Hatteras, NC — Hurricane Erin continued its northward churn through the Atlantic on Tuesday, threatening dangerous surf and coastal flooding from the Bahamas to the U.S. East Coast, as tropical storm warnings and storm surge alerts were issued for parts of North Carolina’s Outer Banks ahead of the storm’s closest approach late Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center reports that Erin has become a Category 3 hurricane in the Caribbean and is expected to strengthen further later in the day

The effects of Hurricane Erin are being felt at the Jersey shore and towns are taking drastic steps to save lives

The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Hurricane Erin to a Category 5 with sustained winds of 160 mph and is moving westward through the Atlantic Ocean.