U.S. shores are unlikely to see a direct hit, but a strong offshore hurricane can produce massive and dangerous waves well away from its center.

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Additional strengthening is expected on Monday as Hurricane Erin is forecast to “remain a large and dangerous major hurricane ...

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A part of North Carolina declared an emergency and ordered evacuations due to Hurricane Erin. The storm is also expected to bring life-threatening rip currents to South Carolina.

A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents ...

According to the 11 p.m. update Sunday, Aug. 17, from the National Hurricane Center, Erin was roughly 960 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, moving west-northwest at 12 mph with maximum sustained ...

Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane Sunday as its outer bands continued to lash the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with heavy rains and tropical-storm force winds. While Erin’s maximum ...

MIAMI (AP) — A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.