Hurricane Erin is marching north, 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.

Hurricane Erin is pulling away from the North Carolina coast, but its far-reaching effects are causing flooding, rip currents and bigger waves along East Coast beaches.Get the latest updates below:Sign up for our NewslettersGov.

Hurricane Erin's path will keep its strongest winds offshore. However, this large storm will hammer the East Coast with coastal flooding and life-threatening rip currents through Friday. Here's the latest forecast.