NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - East Coast braces for life-threatening surf and rip currents from Hurricane Erin plus there's upped chances for additional tropical formation in the coming days.

First, we'll chat Hurricane Erin whose 500-miles west-southwest of Bermuda and 400-miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina as of 8 a.m. on Wednesday.

It has maximum sustained winds of 100-mph as it moves north-northwest at 13mph.

Erin is still at category 2 and considered a large hurricane with its hurricane-force winds extending outwards up to 90-miles from the center and tropical-storm-winds extend outward up to 265-miles.

The outer bands of this hurricane will bring worsening weather conditions by Wednesday night to the coast of North Carolina in addition to the already life-threatening s

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