1 hour ago Hurricane Erin’s Violent Surf Forces East Coast Beach Closures

An expanding Hurricane Erin is poised to bring rough surf and life-threatening waves to beaches from Florida from Massachusetts this week, despite spinning hundreds of miles off the US East Coast.

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7 h. ago Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, threatens dangerous rip currents

Holly Andrzejewski hadn’t yet welcomed her and her family’s first guests to the Atlantic Inn on Hatteras Island when she had to start rescheduling them, as Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday and threatened to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds. Although the monster storm is expected to stay offshore, […]

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31 h. ago Hurricane Erin could bring dangerous surf to U.S. after pelting Caribbean

Hurricane Erin reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph (215 kph) maximum sustained winds early Monday and moved closer to the Southeast Bahamas.

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49 h. ago Hurricane Erin downgraded to Category 3, expected to turn northward: meteorologists

Maximum winds diminished, but the storm's overall size grew

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49 h. ago Hurricane Erin downgraded to Category 3, expected to turn northward and restrengthen

Maximum winds diminished, but the storm's overall size grew

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52 h. ago Hurricane Erin’s Winds to Pick Up as Storm Leaves Caribbean Area

Hurricane Erin’s winds are expected to intensify as the dangerous storm grows overnight while it moves past Puerto Rico, the US National Hurricane Center said.

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3 d. ago Hurricane Erin explodes in strength to a Category 5 storm in Caribbean

The U.S. government deployed more than 200 emergency workers to Puerto Rico as a precaution after a flood watch was issued for the entire U.S. territory.

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3 d. ago Erin becomes a Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean as region braces for flooding

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Erin strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean on Saturday and continues to intensify, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm is currently 150 miles (240 kilometres) northeast of Anguilla with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 kph). It is moving west-northwest at 20 mph […]

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