Hurricane Erin is off North Carolina
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Meteorologists are closely tracking the projected path and forecast of Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year.
The storm, off North Carolina, was generating life-threatening surf and rip currents and causing beach closures along the East Coast.
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FOX 35 Orlando on MSNHurricane Erin nears US coast, to bring life-threatening surf to Florida; NHC tracking 2 other disturbances
Hurricane Erin is tracking northwest between the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda, bringing dangerous surf and life-threatening rip currents to Florida and the Carolinas through midweek.
Hurricane Erin continues to churn in the Atlantic waters hundreds of miles off the U.S., prompting officials to close beaches along the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast.