Hurricane Erin weakens to Category 3
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Hurricane Erin’s impacts to spread up East Coast
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Two more tropical systems trail Hurricane Erin, which is following a projected course that brushes past the East Coast without making landfall.
Much of North Carolina’s Outer Banks region is under a tropical storm watch with Hurricane Erin expected to skirt the area Wednesday through Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Hurricane Erin prompts tropical storm alerts in North Carolina
Outer bands from Hurricane Erin could lash the North Carolina coastline with tropical-storm-force winds and heavy rain as it passes by the Outer Banks, where a Tropical Storm Watch and a Storm Surge Watch were issued.
While Erin is expected to take a northward turn in the Atlantic, a new system off the coast of Africa has the National Hurricane Center's attention.
After weakening a bit, Erin continues to strengthen and grow. A tropical wave could become the next depression or storm.
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