Hurricane Erin is marching north, 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. Due to the high surf and rip current risk, New York City is extending its swimming ban.

Hurricane Erin is pulling away from the North Carolina coast, but its far-reaching effects are causing flooding, rip currents and bigger waves along East Coast beaches.Get the latest updates below:Sign up for our NewslettersGov.

Meteorologists are closely tracking the projected path and forecast of Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year.