Island communities off the coast of North Carolina are bracing for flooding ahead of the year’s first Atlantic hurricane, Hurricane Erin.Although forecasters are confident that the storm won’t make direct landfall in the United States,

North Texas ended the weekend with mild weather and a calm evening. Meanwhile, Hurricane Erin remains offshore but is stirring up dangerous surf and rip currents along the East Coast.

Forecasters expect Hurricane Erin, one of the fastest rapidly intensifying storms in history, to bring flooding and dangerous currents as the Category 4 hurricane travels to the U.S. East Coast this week.