Hurricane Erin forecast to churn up dangerous swells and winds on US east coast
Warnings about rip currents have been posted from Florida to the New England coast, but the biggest threat is along the barrier islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks where evacuations have been ordered.
Off the coast of Massachusetts, Nantucket Island could see waves of more than three metres later this week. In New Jersey, towns are closing some beaches to swimming.
'Enjoy the shore, enjoy this beautiful weather but stay out of the water,' governor Phil Murphy said on Tuesday.
Erin has become an unusually large and deceptively worrisome storm while moving through the Caribbean, with its tropical-storm winds stretching 200 miles (320km) from its core.
Forecasters expect it will grow larger in size as it moves through the Atlantic and curls north.
It continued to lash the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday, where government services were suspended a day earlier and residents were ordered to stay at home, along with parts of the Bahamas before it is expected to turn towards Bermuda and the US.
By Tuesday, Erin had lost some strength from previous days and dropped to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105mph, the National Hurricane Centre in Miami said. It was about 650 miles (1,050km) south-west of Bermuda.
Rough ocean conditions have already been seen along the US coast — at least 60 swimmers were rescued from rip currents on Monday at Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, North Carolina.
The biggest swells along the East Coast are expected to develop on Wednesday and last into Thursday.
Climate scientists say Atlantic hurricanes are now much more likely to rapidly intensify into powerful and catastrophic storms fuelled by warmer oceans.
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While forecasters remain confident the centre of the storm will remain far offshore, the outer edges are likely to bring damaging tropical-force winds, large swells and life-threatening rip currents. Warnings about rip currents have been posted from Florida to the New England coast, but the biggest threat is along the barrier islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks where evacuations have been ordered. A sign warning against beach access is posted in North Carolina (WVEC-TV via AP) Off the coast of Massachusetts, Nantucket Island could see waves of more than three metres later this week. In New Jersey, towns are closing some beaches to swimming. 'Enjoy the shore, enjoy this beautiful weather but stay out of the water,' governor Phil Murphy said on Tuesday. Erin has become an unusually large and deceptively worrisome storm while moving through the Caribbean, with its tropical-storm winds stretching 200 miles (320km) from its core. The biggest swells along the East Coast are expected to develop on Wednesday and last into Thursday (WVEC-TV via AP) Forecasters expect it will grow larger in size as it moves through the Atlantic and curls north. It continued to lash the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday, where government services were suspended a day earlier and residents were ordered to stay at home, along with parts of the Bahamas before it is expected to turn towards Bermuda and the US. By Tuesday, Erin had lost some strength from previous days and dropped to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105mph, the National Hurricane Centre in Miami said. It was about 650 miles (1,050km) south-west of Bermuda. The outer edges of the storm are likely to bring damaging tropical-force winds (WVEC-TV via AP) Rough ocean conditions have already been seen along the US coast — at least 60 swimmers were rescued from rip currents on Monday at Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, North Carolina. The biggest swells along the East Coast are expected to develop on Wednesday and last into Thursday. Climate scientists say Atlantic hurricanes are now much more likely to rapidly intensify into powerful and catastrophic storms fuelled by warmer oceans.
