Hurricane Erin formed early Friday, Aug. 15, marking the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Here's what to expect in NC.

The growing size of the powerful hurricane's winds and waves will lead to significant flooding and erosion on North Carolina's Outer Banks throughout the week.

Local officials say they only order evacuations ahead of hurricanes when it’s necessary to protect the public.

After losing some power over the weekend, the hurricane strengthened back into a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph, according to an 11 a.m. ET advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Erin is expected to grow in size and strength as it moves north through the Atlantic this week. Forecasters expect it to pass well offshore of North Carolina on Wednesday and Thursday, but say it likely will cause coastal flooding and erosion, along with dangerous rip currents. National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Erin was a Category 4 storm again Monday morning and is expected to grow even larger and stronger, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Although Erin is forecast to move north between the U.S. and Bermuda, life-threatening surf and rip currents are likely across the Atlantic coast from Florida to Canada.

A map showing the most likely arrival time of tropical storm-force winds revealed that coastal North Carolina has a small chance of experiencing such winds, which are measured as 39 mph or stronger, by Wednesday as the storm passes by the U.S.

Hurricane Erin is likely to restrengthen again as it passes east of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeast Bahamas on Monday after lashing the Caribbean with damaging winds and flooding rain.