Hurricane Erin moved northeast away from the United States while continuing to generate dangerous coastal conditions along more than 1,000 miles of the East Coast. The storm produced life-threatening rip currents, prompting dozens of rescues, and pushed rushing water and sand over coastal roads from the Southeast through Massachusetts. The system skirted within about 200 miles of North Carolina's Outer Banks, causing coastal flooding that eroded beaches and closed portions of the highway linking the barrier islands. Tropical storm-force winds extended roughly 575 miles across the storm, making Erin larger than most similar-strength systems. Tropical storm and storm surge warnings for the US were discontinued late Thursday, though a tropical storm warning remained for Bermuda. Erin accelerated northeast and could continue driving ocean impacts through at least Friday.
Erin is moving away from the United States but don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet: The massive hurricane is still churning up the Atlantic Ocean, keeping dangerous conditions in place for more than 1,000 miles of the East Coast. Hurricane Erin has been a major disruption for coastal communities this week - especially North Carolina's Outer Banks - even without making landfall.
Its tropical storm-force winds reached nearly 575 miles from end-to-end Thursday morning, making Erin larger than 90% of tropical systems that have roamed the same part of the Atlantic at a similar strength, according to the National Hurricane Center. By Friday morning, the storm's wingspan had an even bigger reach. All tropical storm and storm surge warnings for the US were discontinued late Thursday.
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