Hurricane Erin is marching north, lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a threat of dangerous waves and potentially deadly rip currents to the East Coast.

North Carolina expects coastal flooding from massive waves, tropical-storm-force winds and tidal and storm surges for much of the state shoreline, especially the Outer Banks, as well as life-threatening rip currents for most of the week, Stein said, adding, "No one should be in the ocean."

Hurricane Erin track update: Category 2 storm may grow larger as it nears US Aug. 19, 2025, 7:02 p.m. Hurricane Erin path tracker update: Tropical storm watches issued for North Carolina Aug. 18, 2025, 7:25 p.m.