Wild video shows tidal surge swallowing homes as Hurricane Erin slams Outer Banks
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Hurricane Erin: State Of Emergency For Nj As Hurricane Erin Moves Along East Coast 4K Video
Hurricane Erin is passing offshore along the East Coast bringing strong winds and coastal flooding to parts of New Jersey and Delaware.A First Alert is in effect for the Jersey Shore and Delaware beaches from 6 a.m. to greatest threats to these communities are flooding and strong 40 to 50 m.p.h. wind gusts as well as waves that could reach seven to 12 feet along the coast. The threat of dangerous, life-threatening rip currents will also continue. News18 Mobile App -
India Today
35 minutes ago
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Hurricane Erin drifts from East Coast, treacherous coastal waves persist
Hurricane Erin kicked up big waves Thursday along the mid-Atlantic coast and began a slow march out to sea after pelting North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and swells that flooded a few places on the barrier storm will continue to bring the threat of dangerous rip currents and coastal flooding into the weekend from the Carolinas to New England even as forecasters predict it will gradually weaken while moving farther away from the East assessments were still underway on the Outer Banks and more flooding could come during high tide Thursday evening, but it appeared the low-lying islands dodged widespread destruction during its initial brush with Erin on Wednesday. Tropical storm warnings remained active along the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia and the island of Bermuda, where residents and tourists were told to stay out of the water through YORK AND NEW ENGLAND FEEL ERIN'S IMPACTCoastal communities along the mid-Atlantic and southern New England coast may see tropical-storm-force wind gusts through early Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center in were closed to swimming Thursday in New York City, but that didn't stop more than a dozen surfers from taking on the waves at Rockaway Beach in Queens. Scott Klossner, who lives nearby, said conditions were great for experienced surfers.'You wait all year round for these kinds of waves. It's challenging, really hard to stay in one place because there's a heavy, heavy, heavy rip," he said. "But this is what surfers want — a hurricane that comes but doesn't destroy my house? I'll take that.'Off Massachusetts, Nantucket Island could see waves of more than 10 feet (3 meters) this up and down the coast have been warning all week that rip currents from the storm could be deadly. Dozens were rescued from North Carolina's Wrightsville Beach earlier this BRINGS NEW THREAT OF COASTAL EROSIONCoastal erosion was a big worry in many beachfront communities. In North Carolina, waves were estimated as high as 18 feet (5.5 meters) Thursday morning, according to local weather Outer Banks — essentially sand dunes sticking out of the ocean a few feet above sea level — are especially vulnerable. Storm surges can cut through the dunes, washing tons of sand and debris onto the road and sometimes breaking up pavement and creating new Dare County Manager Bobby Outten said one of their worst fears — new inlets — had not happened so far with Erin and there was no significant structural damage to any homes or in all, it's not as bad as it could have been,' Outten said. 'Hopefully the worst of it is behind us.'The Hatteras Island Rescue Squad, a volunteer group based in Buxton, said it received no calls for rescues Wednesday night through Thursday did break through dunes on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, closing parts of Highway 12, the area's main route. Ocracoke's connection to its ferry terminal was cut AND SIGHT-SEEING AFTER THE STORMOn Jennette's Pier in Nags Head, where sustained winds reached 45 mph (72 kph) early Thursday, dozens who rode out the storm were taking photos of the huge waves crashing into the structure amid the driving rain.'This is nature at her best,' David Alan Harvey of Nags Head said Thursday morning. 'I love this. I love these storms.'A few feet away, Sebastian Kettner was casting a line for red fish.'Where there's water, there's fish,' he said as the wind howled. 'And there's a lot of water here.'ERIN REMAINS A LARGE HURRICANE AS IT HEADS OUT TO SEAThe storm has fluctuated in intensity since first forming nearly a week ago, but it's still unusually large, stretching across more than 600 miles (965 kilometers) — twice as big as the average remained a Category 2 storm late Thursday morning with maximum sustained winds around 100 mph (160 kph), the hurricane center said. Erin was about 285 miles (455 kilometers) east of Cape hurricane center was also watching two tropical disturbances far out in the Atlantic. With thousands of miles of warm ocean water, hurricanes known as Cape Verde storms are some of the most dangerous to North America.- Ends
Yahoo
35 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Dangerous surf expected from stronger, bigger Hurricane Erin
The national weather forecasters are warning of potentially 'life-threatening surf and rip currents' as Hurricane Erin makes its way along the U.S.'s eastern coastline in the coming days. Erin, the first Atlantic hurricane of the year, made its way toward the Caribbean over the weekend and is expected to move north through midweek, according to the latest National Hurricane Center (NHC) advisory. It is not expected to make landfall on the U.S. mainland, but the NHC particularly cautioned people in North Carolina's Outer Banks region to monitor Erin's progress because of the risk of strong winds and flooding. 'Despite the path of Erin forecast to remain offshore, the threat for life threatening ripcurrents, damaging beach erosion, major coastal flooding and overwash and extremely dangerous surf continues to increase,' the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport/Morehead City, N.C., wrote in its storm briefing Monday morning. 'Coastal flooding may begin as early as Tuesday, more than 24 hours before any tropical storm force winds arrive.' Erin rapidly reached Category 5 status as it swept toward the Caribbean over the weekend, but its intensity had fallen back some as it moved north. According to the NHC in Miami, the storm returned to Category 4 status early Monday as it reached the southern portion of the Bahamas. 'Some additional strengthening is expected today,' the Miami storm tracker wrote in its Monday morning advisory. 'Erin will remain a dangerous major hurricane through the middle of this week.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
