RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday while creeping toward the mid-Atlantic coast and churning up menacing waves that have closed beaches from the Carolinas to New York City.

Forecasters expect the storm to peak going into Thursday and say it could re-intensify into a major hurricane.

While Erin is unlikely to make landfall along the East Coast before turning farther out to sea, water began pouring onto North Carolina’s Outer Banks main route and around a handful stilted homes precariously perched above the beach.

Three women walk the beach at sunrise as waves from Hurricane Erin crash ashore in Nags Head, N.C., on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Authorities expect the largest swells during high tide will cut off the Outer Banks'

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