Hurricane Erin has rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center reported Saturday.

New Jersey could see multiple days of dangerous surf and rip currents at beaches as the hurricane passes far off the East Coast next week.

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