South Florida saw the indirect impacts of Hurricane Erin. The NEXT Weather team said through Saturday there will be an increased risk of swells, rip currents and higher tides.

Can you ride out a Category 5 hurricane on the 50th floor? Would you want to? You might not make it through the storm alive, experts say. Even if you do, your building won’t likely be the same when the storm is over.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking four systems in the Atlantic, including Hurricane Erin and newly designated Invest 90L.

Hurricane Erin is continuing to inch closer to the United States, and the storm is expected to bring dangerous high surf and life-threatening rip currents to Florida through the middle of the week.

Erin’s surf and storm surge could cause erosion along sections of the Florida and East Coast and shapes up as potentially worse for North Carolina’s barrier islands, which are under mandatory evacuation orders ahead of the four feet of storm surge and 20-foot offshore waves Erin is expected to bring.

Users were impressed by the perspective captured in the viral post, with one describing it as "beautiful and terrifying."

CROW, a wildlife hospital on Sanibel Island, Florida, is rebuilding its sea turtle complex destroyed by Hurricane Ian. The Harkey Sea Turtle Complex, the only facility of its kind between Sarasota and the Keys, will cost nearly $3 million to rebuild.

This month marks 33 years since Hurricane Andrew caused widespread devastation in Florida and across the Gulf Coast.