Hurricane Erin's higher tides and big waves are battering much of the East Coast, with the huge storm prompting the expansion of tropical storm and coastal flooding advisories Wednesday.

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

Dare County has two primary evacuation routes: U.S. 64 West and U.S. 158 North.

Outer bands from Hurricane Erin are expected to bring worsening conditions to the coast of North Carolina by this evening, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

People inland are keeping an eye on Hurricane Erin, as they have dealt with many storms in the past.

What is very likely, however, is that our weather will become more unsettled with wet and perhaps windy conditions at times during the second half of next week.