Residents across North Carolina’s Outer Banks and coast braced for flooding from a storm surge and powerful winds as Hurricane Erin churned hundreds of miles away in the Atlantic Ocean.Local officials issued evacuation orders for parts of the Outer Banks,

Hurricane Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, won't make landfall on the U.S. East Coast, but it will impact residents and visitors at North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes before slowly moving away.