Hurricane Erin continues to churn in the Atlantic waters hundreds of miles off the U.S., prompting officials to close beaches along the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast.

Smoke from wildfires burning in the everglades could bring hazy conditions to parts of southern Palm Beach County through the monring.

The following Florida beaches are open during the COVID-19 pandemic, although some have restrictions. And attendance at the beach is a far cry from what it'd normally be this time of year.

A female manatee, exhausted and stripped of skin from aggressive mating, was pulled from the surf in a dramatic multi-agency rescue on Redington Beach.

"Spring Break, really never happened for us, and then the summer swing, never happened for us," says Kirsten Smail, a marine educator for Dolphin Quest told ABC Action News. “It’s a ghost town,” confirmed Amber Simmons, General Manager at Pirates Pub & Grub. "It's the slowest year we've had since 2020."

A South Carolina beach was the most searched for out-of-state seaside spot in 18 states, a new study has shown.

Hurricane Erin's higher tides and big waves are battering much of the East Coast, with the large storm prompting the expansion of tropical storm and coastal flooding advisories Wednesday. Beachfront property owners are bracing for the worst amid predictions of a storm surge of up to 4 feet and significant coastal erosion.

Tropical storm conditions were descending upon the North Carolina coast late Wednesday, according to forecasters.