Hurricane Erin Forces Evacuations Across Coastal US
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Hurricane Erin will slide to our east on Thursday, bringing with it gusty winds, showers, and coastal flooding.
In anticipation of the impacts of Hurricane Erin to be felt all along the East Coast, but particularly the Outer Banks and even some parts of Hampton Roads, evacuation orders have been issued for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands in Dare County.
Mandatory evacuations are underway for parts of the Outer Banks, including Dare and Hyde counties and various islands, as Hurricane Erin draws closer.
Bogus social media posts are circulating about the colonial Spanish mustangs of Corolla being evacuated off the beach in tractor-trailers.
NCDOT officials said "given the winds, wave heights and storm surge forecast, it likely won't be enough" to keep NC 12 from flooding at the Outer Banks.
Although the storm is expected to stay offshore, it will produce dangerous surf conditions for much of the Atlantic Coast this week, forecasters say.
Two more tropical systems trail Hurricane Erin, which is following a projected course that brushes past the East Coast without making landfall.