US EditionFlooding Continues as Hurricane Erin Pulls Away From US Coast
Hurricane Erin, spanning 600 miles, triggers coastal flooding and dangerous rip currents with waves over 40 feet, despite not making landfall, according to the National Weather Service.
- On Thursday night, coastal flooding will peak with high tides as Hurricane Erin drives dangerous surf and rip currents from Maine to South Florida, while New York beaches remain closed through Thursday night.
- Measuring nearly 600 miles in diameter, Hurricane Erin remained a Category 2 storm with winds around 100 mph as it passed about 200 miles southeast of the Outer Banks on Thursday.
- Buoy 41001 logged waves topping 45 feet with record low pressure of 962 mb, while Outer Banks faced 20-foot waves and NC 12 became largely impassable due to overwash Thursday.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered New York state beaches closed through Thursday night, while New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency as Cape May faced flooding risks, yet some surfers ignored orders into Friday.
- Erin is expected to move out to sea on Friday, become extratropical by Saturday south of Newfoundland, and conditions should return to normal by Saturday, Fox Weather said effects clear by Monday.
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First Warning Forecast: Coastal flooding and rip currents linger as Hurricane Erin moves away
Meteorologist Myles Hendersons First Warning ForecastHurricane Erin continues moving away but still kicking up rough surf and tidal flooding. Clearing skies, calming wind, and lower humidity to end the week.The wind will back down, and the skies will clear today. Highs will top out near 80 with lower humidity. We will still see some flooding near high tides times this morning and again tonight. Rough surf and a high risk for rip currents continu…
Hurricane Erin moves away, but residual effects at the coast continue into the weekend
Hurricane Erin made its closest approach to the tristate late on Thursday, delivering dangerous rip currents, rough surf, and coastal flooding along our shores. Conditions will improve as we head toward the weekend, but we’ll continue to see residual impacts from Erin at the coast, so swimming at the beach will remain dangerous due to the high rip current threat. Fortunately, though, skies will be brighter and temperatures will be warmer for tho…
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