By Rich McKay (Reuters) -Hurricane Erin, churning north in the Atlantic hundreds of miles offshore, is expected to trigger a dangerous storm surge and tropical storm conditions on Wednesday along North Carolina’s Outer Banks and other stretches of the U.

Wednesday will be warm and sunny with a few pop-up showers and storms in the afternoon, while Hurricane Erin continues to track north-northwest and away from the coast, but will still cause rip currents and potential beach erosion and flooding.