Erin is a category 2 hurricane but it has weakened just a bit. The storm is moving NNW at 13 mph with winds up to 100 mph.

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Erin went through an extreme rapid intensification over the weekend. It went from a tropical storm on Friday morning to a major category 5 hurricane north of the Leeward Islands on Saturday morning.

Hurricane Erin is expected to stay over open water, but will lash parts of the Mid-Atlantic coast and Bermuda.

TROPICAL ALERTS:

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING is in effect for Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina/Virginia border which includes Pamlico and Albemarle sounds.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH is in effect for north of the North Carolina/Virginia border to Chincoteague, Virginia and Bermuda.

A STORM SURGE WARNING is in effect for Cape Lookout to Duck, North Carol

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