Erin remains a Category 2 hurricane this morning with maximum sustained winds at 105 mph. The storm is moving NNE at 17 mph, gradually pulling away from the North Carolina coast.

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Rapid Intensification History

Erin went through an extreme rapid intensification last weekend, jumping from a tropical storm Friday to a major Category 5 hurricane north of the Leeward Islands the next day. It has since weakened to a Category 2, but remains a powerful storm with a massive wind field spanning hundreds of miles.

Hurricane Erin is expected to stay offshore but is already lashing the East Coast with life-threatening surf, rip currents, coastal flooding, and beach erosion.

TROPICAL ALERTS:

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING is in effect for Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina to Chincoteague, Virg

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