New York City closed its beaches to swimming on Wednesday and Thursday, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered three state beaches on Long Island to

High surf and dangerous rip currents are likely. People are advised to stay out of the water this week, even when a lifeguard is on duty.

Hurricane Erin continues to churn in the Atlantic waters hundreds of miles off the U.S., prompting officials to close beaches along the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast due to massive waves and potentially deadly rip currents just as families take their final vacations of the summer.

While Hurricane Erin won't make direct landfall in U.S., pressure systems are bringing risk of flooding, storms and rip currents to downstate NY.

Hurricane Erin is still churning in the Atlantic Ocean as a Category 2 Hurricane, delivering tropical storm-force winds to Turks and Caicos and parts of the Bahamas. As the storm continues to make its way north up the East Coast,

Forecasting a storm's intensity can be more challenging than predicting where it will make landfall. Forecast models, particularly for hurricanes, have improved, but they can still miss intensification or overstate it. Below is the intensity for Erin so far, and how experts at the Hurricane Center believe it will weaken or strengthen.

Hurricane Erin, churning north in the Atlantic hundreds of miles offshore, is expected to trigger a dangerous storm surge and tropical storm conditions on Wednesday along North Carolina’s Outer Banks and other stretches of the U.

Powerful Hurricane Erin is expected to bring high seas, big rip currents, and rough surf as it moves between the United States and Bermuda.