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(NewsNation) — Hurricane Erin again strengthened to a Category 4 tempest overnight, prompting evacuations Monday arsenic the National Hurricane Center warns of expected "life-threatening surf and rip currents" on parts of the East Coast.
Mandatory evacuations were issued for North Carolina's Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands, which had been nether a State of Emergency since Sunday evening.
The Bahamas authorities issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the cardinal Bahamas, portion a Tropical Storm Warning remained successful effect for the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeast Bahamas, the hurricane halfway reported.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration volition supply an update connected the tempest astatine 11 a.m. EDT. NewsNation volition watercourse it from this communicative erstwhile it begins.
This outer representation provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Erin connected Aug. 16, 2025. (NOAA via AP)
Lisa Bucci, hurricane specialist, works adjacent screens showing Tropical Storm Erin arsenic they proceed to way its advancement connected Aug. 13, 2025, astatine the National Hurricane Center successful Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A reddish emblem warns of unsafe waves connected an bare formation successful San Juan, Puerto Rico, aft Hurricane Erin passed by adjacent the land connected Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
The oculus of the hurricane is expected to stay hundreds of miles from the coast, but its 130 mph maximum sustained winds and caller maturation spurt is expected to make unsafe conditions for parts of the United States — including rip currents and precocious surf.
Around 16% of hurricane-related fatalities travel from rip currents and unsmooth seas, according to The Weather Channel.
