Hurricane Erin threatens the East Coast with severe surf and winds, and evacuations have been ordered for parts of North ...

Hurricane Erin, which started as a tropical storm west of the Cabo Verde Islands, is making its way towards the east coast — although, its core is not forecast to go over land.

Heavy surf on Tuesday afternoon Aug. 20 around high tide is already lapping at the dunes north of the pony pens on Ocracoke, ...