MIAMI - Hurricane Erin continues to pose a serious coastal threat to parts of the Carolinas and mid-Atlantic, as the cyclone churns several hundred miles off the coast.

In a more than hour-long live-stream hurricane Q&A on Tuesday , National Hurricane Center Deputy Director Jamie Rhome joined FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross to answer several questions from viewers about Hurricane Erin.

The hurricane experts also urged the public to focus on surge and surf, rather than the traditional impacts outlined by the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale .

"This is going to be a tricky storm," Rhome stated. "It’s going to [cause] big storm surge and coastal erosion and wave impacts along the Outer Banks and portions to the north as well."

The NHC last estimated Erin’s maximum susta

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