Hurricane Erin gained sufficient intensity to earn her moniker Aug. 15 and is expected to grow to a major Category 4 storm in the coming days as it makes its way through the western Atlantic.

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The National Weather Service’s Charleston office wrote in an Aug. 14 forecast that the powerful cyclone likely will remain “well offshore” of the Palmetto State. But the system will be close enough to create dangerous rip currents,

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