Hurricane erin slowly moved northward on tuesday, triggering rough surf and dangerous rip currents along the east coast that have already resulted in dozens of water rescues, swimming bans, and. It was a category 1 hurricane earlier friday as it churned over the atlantic off the central east coast Erin isn't as intense as it once was But its large size is what matters most While it won't landfall, it will bring high surf and rip currents to much of the east coast Hurricane erin has weakened to a category 1 storm after 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
Here's how the news is developing. Erin is expected to produce areas of heavy rainfall beginning late friday, aug 15, and continuing through the weekend across the northernmost leeward islands, the u.s
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