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Hurricane Erin tracker: North Carolina's Outer Banks under evacuation orders

H urricane Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, has prompted a tropical storm watch for North Carolina's Outer Banks and is expected to bring dangerous waves and rip currents to beaches along the East Coast. While the storm won't make landfall on the East Coast, it has prompted mandatory evacuations for some Outer Banks residents and visitors.

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Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks, threatens dangerous rip currents

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Water starts moving into Outer Banks as Hurricane Erin continues making its way north

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Delaware, Jersey shore beaches close as Hurricane Erin tracks near coast. See list

Delaware and Jersey Shore beaches were closed to swimmers on Tuesday, Aug. 19, with Hurricane Erin carrying life-threatening rip currents as the storm's path tracks near the East Coast.

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Hurricane Erin spaghetti models, tracker. Beware of dangerous waves, rip currents in Florida

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Hurricane Erin's Massive Waves Threaten to Isolate North Carolina's Outer Banks

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Hurricane Erin threatens Jersey Shore fishing trips with forecasted large swell

Considering that it's MidAtlantic week, there's a lot in jeopardy.

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Hurricane Erin Forces Evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks, Threatens Dangerous Rip Currents

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Hurricane Erin tracker: Storm strengthens to Category 4. See forecast, spaghetti models

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When was the last time the Outer Banks evacuated for a hurricane?

In anticipation of the impacts of Hurricane Erin to be felt all along the East Coast, but particularly the Outer Banks and even some parts of Hampton Roads, evacuation orders have been issued for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands in Dare County.

Hurricane Erin update: Forecast sees huge storm moving closer to U.S.

Forecasts nudge Erin's likely path to the west, increasing the risks at U.S. beaches. Experts say the storm's massive size, rather than windspeed, is what makes it a threat.

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Hurricane Erin tracker: Tropical storm warning issued for N.C. as 'life-threatening' rip currents forecast up the East Coast — see the latest path

Although the storm is expected to stay offshore, it will produce dangerous surf conditions for much of the Atlantic Coast this week, forecasters say.

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2 more tropical systems trail Hurricane Erin as it brushes past Bahamas toward Carolinas

Two more tropical systems trail Hurricane Erin, which is following a projected course that brushes past the East Coast without making landfall.