Florida, Hurricane Erin
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Hurricane Erin has weakened to a Category 1 storm after lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a threat of dangerous waves and potentially deadly rip currents to the East Coast.
Erin’s surf and storm surge could cause erosion along sections of the Florida and East Coast and shapes up as potentially worse for North Carolina’s barrier islands, which are under mandatory evacuation orders ahead of the four feet of storm surge and 20-foot offshore waves Erin is expected to bring.
Hurricane Erin is causing coastal damage along Florida’s shoreline, and experts warn it may have a severe impact on local sea turtle populations. Scattered along area beaches, marked sea turtle nests face the risk of being washed out by high tides and strong waves,
Hurricane Erin moved away from the U.S. on Friday after battering North Carolina’s Outer Banks and deluging other areas of the East Coast. The storm has weakened to a Category 1 as it continues to move towards Nova Scotia in Canada,
BIG FOCUS BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED ON THE COAST RIGHT NOW AARON IS KICKING UP SOME WAVES BIG WAVES. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS NOT EVEN THE PEAK YET. WE’RE EXPECTING THE WORST OF THE WAVES FOR US HERE LOCALLY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA TO REALLY PEAK TOMORROW.
Hurricane Erin has triggered a state of emergency in North Carolina, where residents and visitors along the Outer Banks are under evacuation orders.
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