Hurricane Erin

People in the Outer Banks should shelter in place, authorities said. Meanwhile, life-threatening rip currents are likely at beaches along the East Coast, according to forecasters.

Up to three feet of storm surge is possible for North Topsail Beach, and two to three feet is expected at the Crystal Coast. And National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City Science and Operations Officer Ryan Ellis said, "In some of those areas of down East, Carteret County, up the Neuse River, maybe some of those places along the Bogue Banks, you might see one to three.”

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.