Erin became a Category 5 hurricane Saturday morning in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean but has now weakened to a Category 2.

Hurricane Erin has battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes.

Authorities predicted that the largest swells would whip up life-threatening rip currents from Florida to New England.

Erin is also impacting Florida beaches, with large swells and elevated rip current threats continuing. The hurricane will continue to move away from the US today and slowly weaken late week. It is ...

In fact, Erin ranks among the largest hurricanes of its kind in recent decades. This wide reach has caused tropical storm force winds and some coastal flooding along parts of North Carolina and ...

We're tracking Hurricane Erin's path and impacts as it makes its closest swipe along the U.S. East Coast today. Here's the latest.

Hurricane Erin was a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph as it made its closest approach to the U.S.

Tropical storm warnings remain in effect for the North Carolina coast. The storm will move northeast as it heads out to sea and away from land.

The Atlantic hurricane season is in its peak period of activity, and a small area of low pressure is the latest disturbance to crowd the tropics. See the forecast.

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