Hurricane Erin is causing dangerous rip currents along the Lowcountry coastline as it turns away from the southeast U.S. coast.

Rip currents are one of the coast’s greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. Hurricane Erin is bringing the potentially deadly currents to the East

Hurricane Erin has already brought a moderate risk of rip currents to the area Monday. That risk will increase in the coming days.

The storm, off North Carolina, was generating life-threatening surf and rip currents and causing beach closures along the East Coast.

Hurricane Erin has been churning offshore this week as a powerful Category 2 system and Brevard is feeling the storm’s far-reaching effects.

Most of New England's coastline is under a high surf advisory through Saturday as Hurricane Erin's powerful winds whip up rough surf and high swells.

Hurricane Erin continues to churn in the Atlantic waters hundreds of miles off the U.S., prompting officials to close beaches along the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast due to massive waves and potentially deadly rip currents just as families take their final vacations of the summer.

Rip currents off the coast of New Hampshire last week resulted in dozens of rescues on Hampton Beach. Lifeguards at the popular summer destination made 144 rescues over six days, the New Hampshire State Beach Patrol said. There were 51 rescues on Aug. 12 alone.