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Hurricane Erin, a Category 3 storm, is moving westward across the Caribbean and into the mid-Atlantic.
While Erin is expected to stay offshore, Florida's coast will experience rough surf, rip currents, and heavy rain.
Beachgoers should be cautious due to the high rip current risk advisory in effect from Monday through Thursday.
Strong surf of between 1 to 3 feet is expected to arrive along the Space Coast on Monday as churns westward across the Caribbean and into the mid-Atlantic, the National Weather Service in Melbourne reported.
Erin, a Category 3 storm, is tearing through the Caribbean as it moves on a trek that’s expected to avoid direct impact on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S.
However, the storm, which rapidly grew into a Category 5 storm Saturday before w