NAGS HEAD, N.C. – Members of the U.S. Coast Guard got a glimpse at the powerful waves created by Hurricane Erin on Friday while heading out in a lifeboat off the coast of North Carolina.

Though the coastal flooding threat from Erin had mostly subsided on Friday, other impacts from the storm continued through the weekend.

A crew from the U.S . Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet in Nags Head were operating a lifeboat off the coast when video captured large Erin-fueled waves forming in front of them.

In the video, the lifeboat makes a right turn just in time for a large wave to crest in front of the boat.

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With no time to change course to avoid the wave, the boat coasted over the large wave before

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