Storm strengthens as North Carolina’s Outer Banks conditions ‘deteriorate’ - Tropical storm force winds and surge conditions predicted to increase in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina and porti

Impacts from Hurricane Erin, a category two hurricane, are expected to begin in North Carolina on Wednesday.

The National Hurricane Center warned that roads in the low-lying barrier islands may become impassable, with waves as high as 20 feet crashing ashore.