Hurricane Erin turned away from the East Coast Friday morning but the large, powerful storm continued to churn up Long Island's ocean waters, forcing officials to keep swimmers from entering the ocean through Saturday.

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services said Atlantic beaches in Suffolk County, closed for the last couple of days due to Erin, remain closed through Saturday evening due to hazardous rip currents from the storm.

Forecasters said the rip currents are expected to stay off the South Shore of Long Island for at least a couple days, even as Erin drifts faether away.

Erin, now a Category 1 system, was around 400 miles southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Friday morning, heading northeast at about 22 mph, according to Matthew Tauber, a meteorologist for the National Wea

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