Hurricane Erin's outer bands were beginning to lash the southeast Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands early Monday after regaining Category 4 strength overnight.

Island communities off the coast of North Carolina are bracing for flooding ahead of the year’s first Atlantic hurricane, Hurricane Erin. Although forecasters are confident that the storm won’t make direct landfall in the United States,

As of Saturday evening, Hurricane Erin had weakened into a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Air Force Hurricane Hunter Aircraft suggested that Erin is undergoing an eyewall replacement cycle,