Erin rapidly strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane over the Atlantic Ocean Saturday before weakening slightly to a Category 4 status, but it remained a "formidable" storm while it underwent a proce...

Hurricane Erin is forecast to move hundreds of miles offshore from the islands but the massive storm is still sending waves 20 feet (6 meters) or greater crashing over vulnerable sand dunes.

The storm's large wind field is expected to impact coastal areas with storm-driven waves and coastal erosion.

Hurricane Erin is expected to impact the Outer Banks in North Carolina, sending massive waves crashing into the barrier islands.

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

“When assessing how people in the US lost their lives from the last 10 years due to tropical storms and hurricanes about 12% of them were due to rip currents,” according to Cassandra Mora, meteorolog...