Evacuations were ordered on a couple of barrier islands along the Carolina shore as authorities warned the storm could churn up dangerous rip currents and swamp roads with waves of 15 feet.

Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday and threatened to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.

“We cannot put this more bluntly: we now EXPECT there will be times over the next week that NC 12 becomes impassable due to significant ocean overwash,” the NCDOT said on an N.C. 12 social media acco...

Hurricane Erin stays offshore but brings rip currents, high surf and gusty winds to East Coast beaches through Friday. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.

The hurricane's outer rain bands have started to affect the Bahamas, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.