Hurricane Erin Prompts Tropical Storm Warning For North Carolina

From Cape Lookout to Duck, North Carolina, 2 to 4 feet of large wind surge flooding is imaginable on nan coast, according to nan hurricane center. Additionally, 1 to 2 inches of rainfall could deed nan Outer Banks connected Wednesday and Thursday.

"Weather conditions expected to deteriorate on nan seashore of North Carolina by this evening," nan hurricane halfway said. "Beachgoers are cautioned against swimming astatine astir U.S. East Coast beaches owed to life-threatening rip currents."

Video from North Carolina shows awesome waves rolling onto land, flooding roads and beachfront homes.

Swells caused by nan hurricane will impact nan Bahamas, Bermuda, and nan eastbound seashore of nan U.S. complete nan adjacent respective days, pinch unsmooth oceans expected to nutrient life-threatening surf and rip currents, nan hurricane halfway said.

The National Weather Service successful Jacksonville, Florida, besides warned of vulnerable surf conditions and rip tides connected Wednesday.

"Dangerous Marine & Surf Conditions worsen coming arsenic waves & winds increase. Deadly rip currents, precocious surf & insignificant tidal flooding astir precocious tide this evening astatine nan coast," the NWS said connected X. "Stay retired of nan ocean!"

Other states this week person likewise issued warnings to enactment retired of nan ocean, including successful New Jersey and New York, arsenic beaches successful North Carolina already reported respective rip existent rescues connected Tuesday.

"We are hyper, hyper concerned, first and foremost astir complacency, peculiarly erstwhile nan upwind is really bully Thursday day done Sunday, successful position of group benignant of reasoning astir going successful nan h2o because these rip currents are brutal," New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said astatine a news convention Tuesday afternoon. "Please, don't spell into nan water."

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul connected Tuesday prohibited swimming astatine Long Island beaches because of nan swells that are expected successful nan area. Swimming astatine New York City beaches is besides barred connected Wednesday and Thursday.

Coastal towns specified arsenic Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and Wildwood, New Jersey, person issued no-swimming advisories for nan week.

Rip currents were observed connected Tuesday, nan National Weather Service successful Wilmington said connected X. The agency warned of "dangerous rips & unsmooth surf" that will proceed done Friday.