Hurricane Erin was creating potentially deadly water conditions all along the East Coast days before the largest waves are expected, even as the strength of the storm weakened on Tuesday.

Erin lost some strength and dropped to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph), the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

It was about 630 miles (1,015 kilometers) southwest of Bermuda and 655 miles (1,050 kilometers) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Forecasters said Erin was moving north-northwest at 10 mph (17 kph).

Although the weather center was confident Erin would not make direct landfall in the United States, authorities have warned that water conditions along the East Coast remain dangerous. Officials on a few islands along North Carolina’s

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