Outer Banks, Hurricane Erin and First Warning
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Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.
The entire North Carolina coast, including the Outer Banks, is under tropical storm and storm surge warnings as Hurricane Erin churns as a Category 2 storm. The tropical
Although the storm is expected to stay offshore, it will produce dangerous surf conditions for much of the Atlantic Coast this week, forecasters say.
On Tuesday at 1:09 p.m. the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a tropical storm warning for Northern Outer Banks.