Authorities predicted that the largest swells would whip up life-threatening rip currents from Florida to New England.

Hurricane Erin has battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes.

Authorities predicted flooding, surges and swells along some parts of the East Coast even as Erin moves out toward the ocean.

Atlantic coastline. Here's what we know about the storm. ...