Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes before slowly moving away.

Two days after Hurricane Erin arrived on the East Coast in the Atlantic, state officials are beginning to reopen roads closed from the storm’s flooding. According

Forecasters predicted the storm would peak Thursday and said it could regain strength but was expected to turn out to sea.

Beachfront property owners braced for the worst amid predictions of a storm surge of up to 4 feet and significant coastal erosion. Powerful waves of 15 to 20 feet are expected to slam beaches, especially in North Carolina, for 48 hours or more as the hurricane crawls northward offshore through at least Thursday.

As Hurricane Erin continues its pursuit through the Atlantic, dangerous conditions have been reported up and down the East Coast. Strong waves from Hurricane Erin knocked a North Carolina man off his feet on Wednesday as he filmed the impacts of the storm brewing in the Atlantic Ocean.

Two homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks sit precariously in high waves generated by Hurricane Erin with their days seemingly numbered.

Two coastal homes in Rodanthe, North Carolina, appear on the verge of collapse as Hurricane Erin's wind and waves lash the East Coast.

From Wrightsville to Rodanthe, beach towns along the N.C. coast are getting pelted with massive waves from Hurricane Erin.

Depending on where you were as Hurricane Erin passed by the coast, you might have experienced a severe storm or maybe nothing at all. For some people in Manteo, there were even positives tied to Erin.

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.