Hurricane Erin was the fifth named storm of the season. As of Thursday afternoon, the storm is still a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained wind speeds of 100 mph. Its path is taking it away from the U.S., after, for the past few days, the storm has skirted the East Coast and caused dangerous waves and life-threatening rip currents.

Hurricane Erin has begun to move away from the North Carolina coast, the National Hurricane Center said in an Aug. 21 advisory.

Coastal parts of Maryland are seeing impacts from Hurricane Erin Thursday as the storm as the storm travels parallel to the East Coast.

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.

With Hurricane Erin lurking, her impact is beginning to be felt in Massachusetts even if the storm isn't expected to get close.

The Category 2 hurricane isn’t expected to make landfall. Still, it’s drawing notice as the first named storm to reach hurricane strength this year.

Erin is starting to turn away from the United States but don’t breathe a sigh of relief just yet: The massive hurricane is still churning up the Atlantic Ocean, keeping dangerous conditions in place for more than 1,

The forecast does not call for Hurricane Erin to get too close to Massachusetts, but the storm is causing some beaches to close for swimming as it could create big waves and dangerous rip currents on the coast.