On Wednesday morning, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of Florida and beginning to push storm surge and deadly rip currents toward the shore. Two other systems may form right

Hurricane Erin brings tropical storm warnings along to Virginia and other spots along the East Coast, remains Category 2 storm.

Tropical storm alerts are in effect for parts of the Mid-Atlantic Coast...including a warning for parts of the North Carolina Coast. Tropical storm force winds (yellow) are expected to impact the Outer Banks by Thursday.

At 5 p.m., Erin was packing maximum sustained wind of 105 mph. The Category 2 hurricane remains on a path to steer

Hurricane Erin is expected to stay at least 200 miles offshore this week as it curves past the East Coast. Yet the massive storm still is hurling giant waves and life-threatening storm surge toward North Carolina’s Outer Banks — forcing some communities to evacuate.