Hurricane Erin continued pushing high waves ashore and creating dangerous rip currents along the U.S. East Coast on Thursday morning as the extremely large storm began turning to the northeast .

Erin has prompted storm surge and tropical storm warnings for much of the North Carolina coast along the Outer Banks, where the greatest impact will be felt. But high surf and rip current warnings stretch from the mid-Atlantic all the way to New England

Beaches were closed to swimming Wednesday and Thursday in New York City, and some others in New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware were temporarily off-limits. Widespread, moderate coastal flooding was forecast for low-lying areas of Long Island and parts of New York City. Off Massachusetts, Nantucket Island could see waves of more than 10 feet this

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