Hurricane Erin was battering the northeast with strong winds and heavy surf on Friday morning as forecasters monitored three other systems in the Atlantic for possible tropical formation.

Erin is expected to produce life-threatening surf and rip currents along the beaches of the Bahamas, much of the east coast of the U.S. and Bermuda during the next several days. Rip current alerts extend along most of Florida's coastline with a high rip current risk for Palm Beach County and moderate risk for Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Hurricane Erin was forecast to cause possible coastal flooding into the weekend along the East Coast but was also expected to lose strength gradually.

The tropical storm rapidly intensified into a category 5 over warm Atlantic water, causing heavy rains and strong winds on nearby coastal regions.

While the category 4 storm is not expected to make landfall on the U.S. east coast, it will have an impact nonetheless. Dangerous high surf and rip currents are expected from Florida to New England throughout the week.

Forecasters are keeping a close watch on other potential storm systems that could develop in the Atlantic Ocean in the next seven days.

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Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it churns in the Atlantic where high winds and heavy rain are pelting the Turks and Caicos Islands and parts of the Bahamas.

Get the complete, updated list of confirmed itinerary and port visit changes for ships impacted by Hurricane Erin.

Erin singlehandedly has pushed the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season into hyperactive territory. By undergoing what can only be described as “super” extreme rapid intensification (RI), Erin went from a tropical storm to a Category 4 cyclone in the span of 24 hours between Friday and Saturday mornings.