Updated at 9:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025

Hurricane Erin is slowly pulling away from North Carolina. Winds are gusty and tides are elevated, but the worst of the storm stayed right offshore. We’ll still have impacts spreading north to New England. However, whatever happens will peak at the time of high tide along the Northeast coast.

Until Erin accelerates out to sea tonight, the large-diameter storm is putting a tremendous amount of energy into the ocean that will show up at the beaches and waterways along the East Coast as elevated high tides and powerful waves.

The energy emanating from Erin will be felt on most of the East Coast of the U.S., but the focus will be from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, north to New England.

The elevated ocean level and waves have not challenge

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