Hurricane Erin has weakened to a Category 1 storm after lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a threat of dangerous waves and potentially deadly rip currents to the East Coast.

By HALLIE GOLDEN As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves this week, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles, burying the eggs deep in

New York and North Carolina have begun reopening beaches that had been closed due to Hurricane Erin. The storm sent strong winds and dangerous waves across the U.S.

After post-tropical cylone Erin moves out to sea and two other systems fizzle out, the tropics will take a short break. But forecasters warn that it’s far too soon to let your guard down

Recapping some of the most talked-about news this week from the nation and around the world – in case you missed it.

A slow-moving cold front that helped protect the Eastern Seaboard from a direct strike by Hurricane Erin is now soaking parts of the South and Southeast, causing widespread flash flooding in Charleston, South Carolina and dampening the end of the week for many others.

As Hurricane Erin​ hovered over the Atlantic Ocean, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season​ was spotted from above by cameras on the ISS.

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services said Atlantic beaches in Suffolk County would remain closed to swimmers through Saturday morning due to hazardous rip currents from the storm that are expected to remain over the weekend. Earlier in the day, the department had said the closures would last until Saturday night.

FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross takes a look at the ongoing tropical activity in the Atlantic, including Hurricane Erin's last hurrahs on the U.S. and its track through the Atlantic from start to finish.