Hurricane Erin has triggered a state of emergency in North Carolina, where residents and visitors along the Outer Banks are under evacuation orders.

Six to ten foot waves are expected to batter the Seacoast today as Hurricane Erin passes by the region. The National Weather Service issued a Coastal Flood Advisory for the coastline of New Hampshire and up through Southern Maine through 1 a.m. Saturday. A High Surf Alert continues to be in effect through 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes before slowly moving away.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is now monitoring three disturbances in the Atlantic, as Erin continues to prompt warnings along U.S. East Coast beaches. As of Friday morning, the NHC said that a "small area of low pressure located well southwest of the Azores is moving through a dry environment and producing only occasional showers."

Although Erin is weakening, it will still be very dangerous to swim in the water at most U.S. East Coast beaches.

Although the storm is expected to stay offshore, it will produce dangerous surf conditions for much of the Atlantic Coast this week, forecasters say.

The National Hurricane Center is watching several areas of interest in the Atlantic, one of which could become Tropical Storm Fernand this weekend. Here’s what you need to know.

The National Hurricane Center on Friday kept watch on two developing systems in the Atlantic that could become the season’s next tropical depression or storm while Hurricane Erin began the