On Thursday, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of North Carolina and pushing storm surge and deadly rip currents toward the shore. Two other systems may form right behind.

Erin, still a large Category 2 hurricane, is expected to make a turn to the northeast and pick up speed later in the day. It should gradually weaken to a post-tropical cyclone by Aug. 23, forecasters ...

Hurricane Erin is beginning to pull away from the North Carolina coast on Thursday morning. Erin is a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. Sign up for our NewslettersAs of 5 a.m., ...

Forecasters predicted the storm would peak Thursday and said it could regain strength but was expected to turn out to sea.