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Evacuations ordered for NCS Outer Banks

Hurricane Erin tracker: North Carolina's Outer Banks under evacuation orders

H urricane Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, has prompted a tropical storm watch for North Carolina's Outer Banks and is expected to bring dangerous waves and rip currents to beaches along the East Coast. Here's the latest forecast:

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Hurricane Erin’s massive waves threaten to isolate North Carolina’s Outer Banks

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Evacuations ordered for NC’s Outer Banks as Hurricane Erin threatens storm surge

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Hurricane Erin strengthens back to a Category 4 storm

A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.

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Hurricane Erin Is Growing, and So Are the Dangers It Could Bring

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Things to know about dangerous rip currents and how swimmers caught in one can escape

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Hurricane Erin could bring dangerous surf to U.S. after pelting Caribbean

Hurricane-force winds extended up to 60 miles (95 kilometres) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 230 miles (370 km).

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Hurricane Erin gathers strength after lashing U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico with heavy rains

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Hurricane Erin to bring 'life-threatening' impacts to South Carolina. See projected paths

NC 12 may be 'impassable' for days due to Hurricane Erin over wash. See evacuation routes

Hurricane Erin's large and expanding wind field will bring storm-driven waves, coastal erosion, and high seas, particularly impacting the Outer Banks.

Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks and threatens dangerous rip currents

By Tuesday morning, Erin had lost some strength from previous days and dropped to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 kph), the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.