Maps show Hurricane Erin's path with storm projected to move up Atlantic, threaten East Coast with dangerous rip currents

Hurricane Erin threatened the East Coast with dangerous rip currents as the large storm moved on a projected path up the Atlantic Ocean, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tuesday. The hurricane isn't expected to make landfall in the U.S., but people in North Carolina's Outer Banks were warned of possible coastal flooding that triggered evacuation orders.

Erin, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, was downgraded to a Category 2 storm Tuesday morning as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean north of the Caribbean. It previously exploded to a Category 5 on Saturday before weakening to a Category 3 early Sunday morning, then regaining strength again later in the day.

Satellite imagery and reports from a U.S. Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicated that Erin "is ge