Hurricane Erin made a sudden shift in trajectory Wednesday as Category 2 winds raced towards the U.S. East Coast, resulting in closed beaches and a state of emergency being declared in North Carolina.

Even though Hurricane Erin's top winds are not as intense as they once were, the storm has grown in size, so its impacts will spread over a wider area.

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Erin has become an unusually large and deceptively worrisome storm moving through the Caribbean, with its tropical storm ...

Dozens of rip current rescues have been conducted in North Carolina, and popular beaches in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and ...

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two areas to watch for tropical development behind Hurricane Erin as the Atlantic ...

Hurricane Erin is moving closer to the U.S. after knocking out power and flooding communities throughout the Caribbean. Beaches up and down the East Coast are already feeling the effects ...

Despite Hurricane Erin’s offshore path, parts of the U.S. east coast face life-threatening surf and rip currents. Meanwhile, ...

Hurricane watchers are eying systems in the Atlantic basin. One has a medium chance of developing later this week.

Storms that ramp up so quickly complicate forecasting and make it harder for government agencies to plan for emergencies.

Hurricane Erin has strengthened into a Category 2 storm as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, bringing heavy rains that could cause flooding and landslides.

The storm is now a Category 2 and has prompted mandatory evacuations in some parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks.