Will Hurricane Erin Hit New Jersey? Latest National Weather Service Model Predicting a Close Pass, But Landfall Uncertain

Hurricane Erin spins off East Coast as Outer Banks brace for storm surge and Jersey Shore watches closely

Cape Hatteras, NC — Hurricane Erin continued its northward churn through the Atlantic on Tuesday, threatening dangerous surf and coastal flooding from the Bahamas to the U.S. East Coast, as tropical storm warnings and storm surge alerts were issued for parts of North Carolina’s Outer Banks ahead of the storm’s closest approach late Wednesday.

The storm, packing sustained winds of 65 mph as of early Tuesday morning, is not forecast to make landfall along the U.S. mainland, but its broad wind field and outer rain bands are already impacting areas as far north as the Mid-Atlantic. The National Hurricane Center warns that life-threatening rip currents are expected along beaches from Flor