Hurricane Erin is maintaining its strength as a major hurricane, churning in the Atlantic Ocean and delivering tropical storm force winds to Turks and Caicos and parts of the Bahamas. Erin’s influence will be increasingly felt along the tri-state area’s coastline during the latter half of the week.

Hurricane Erin is well offshore, but it will bring 'dangerous' rip currents, waves as large as 10-feet to Brevard. When to expect the roughest waters.

Rip currents and rough surf cause dozens of deaths each year on the US coasts, so it’s important to check the National Weather Service’s surf-zone forecast before heading to the beach or the boat.

The girl’s sister, Sameeha Sultana, 13, was found unresponsive about an hour later at 7th Avenue, a block north. Rescue crews and the U.S. Coast Guard pulled her out of the water, and CPR was performed. She was taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

Hurricane Erin, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is expected to cause dangerous rip currents and coastal flooding along the Jersey Shore. The National Weather Service has issued a high-risk warning for rip currents and a small craft advisory, urging ...

On Monday at 3:11 p.m. an updated rip current statement was released by the Nation Service in effect until Wednesday at 8 p.m. for Cape May County.

Hurricane Erin is churning up life-threatening rip currents and dangerous waves along much of the East Coast, sending destructive waves to North Carolina’s Outer Banks. CNN’s Dianne Gallagher reports.