Much of North Carolina’s Outer Banks region is under a tropical storm watch with Hurricane Erin expected to skirt the area Wednesday through Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

According to a new update from the Met Office, Storm Erin may affect weather the UK in the latter part of the month, bringing intense winds and heavy rain.

According to NHC, a Storm Surge Watch means, "A possibility of life- threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, in the indicated locations during the next 48 hours."

Hurricane Erin strengthened back into a Category 4 storm as U.S. officials warned of dangerous rip currents this week.

Hurricane Erin is once again intensifying as it brushes the Bahamas, but has also grown significantly in size, and while it won't landfall in the U.S., it will generate dangerous high surf and rip cur...

Coastal flooding, particularly along North Carolina's Outer Banks, is expected to begin Tuesday and peak Wednesday into Thursday, with portions of highway at risk of ocean overwash.