Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it churns in the Atlantic where high winds and heavy rain are pelting the Turks and Caicos Islands and parts of the Bahamas.

Ocracoke residents will be allowed to return home after North Carolina announced a limited ferry schedule. And Friday morning’s high tide cycle should be the worst of Erin’s flooding.

Impacts from Hurricane Erin were seen across the Outer Banks, including at the former Buxton Naval Facility, a Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) property.

Hurricane Erin is now several hundred miles off the North Carolina coast early Friday. While the worst of the storm is behind us, high waves may cause some overwash during high tides on Friday. For current conditions and loops of radar near the coast,

Hurricane Erin moved away from the U.S. on Friday after battering North Carolina’s Outer Banks and deluging other areas of the East Coast. The storm has weakened to a Category 1 as it continues to move towards Nova Scotia in Canada,

A couple in Massachusetts turned their destination wedding into a family vacation after Hurrican Erin halted their destination ceremony plans on the Outer Banks.

Due to the high surf and rip current risk, New York City is extending its swimming ban. Beaches were at first closed to swimming on Wednesday and Thursday, and now will also be closed for swimming on Friday.

Powerful Hurricane Erin continued lashing hundreds of miles of the Northeast coastline on Thursday after creating big waves and coastal flooding in the Mid-Atlantic. The sprawling hurricane is now turning northeast toward Bermuda and continues to bring widespread coastal impacts to the East Coast.