MIAMI (AP) - A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.

It reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph (215 kph) maximum sustained winds early Monday as its outer bands began to impact the southeast Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Around 2 a.m. Monday, Erin was about 110 miles (175 kilometers) northeast of Grand Turk Island and about 935 miles (1,500 kilometers) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The storm was moving northwest at 12 mph (19 kph).

Additional strengthening was forecast for Monday followed by gradual weakening, but Erin was expected to remain a large, major hurricane i

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