Hurricane Erin is churning up life-threatening rip currents and dangerous surf along much of the U.S. East Coast and will soon send destructive waves and storm surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

For the latest news on Hurricane Erin, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Wednesday, Aug. 20. Hurricane Erin slowly moved northward on Tuesday, triggering rough surf and dangerous rip currents ...

Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane during the early hours of Aug. 19 as it moves closer to the East Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Even though Erin will be well off shore, the shear large size of the storm will likely send tropical storm force winds (39 ...

Maryland will avoid a direct hit from Hurricane Erin, but the storm is passing close enough in the Atlantic Ocean to have some effects.

Hurricane Erin continues to churn in the Atlantic waters hundreds of miles off the U.S., prompting officials to close beaches ...

Hurricane Erin continues to churn in the Atlantic waters hundreds of miles off the coast, but New Jersey and Delaware beaches will still be feeling impacts from the storm through the week.

Authorities are prohibiting people from swimming at beaches in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey and Delaware.

The Category 2 hurricane saw its winds weaken to as low as 100 mph on Aug. 19 as its north side battled winds, but the National Hurricane Center said early on Aug. 20 that the storm had reformed an ...

AGAIN ERIN IS NOT GOING TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT WILL STILL BRING US IMPACTS ALONG OUR COASTLINE AS IT SLOWLY MOVES TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AND THEN EVENTUALLY NORTH AND THEN ...

Erin's outer bands will bring worsening weather conditions to the coast of North Carolina by Wednesday evening.

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