New York and New Jersey — along with most East Coast states — are facing threats of life-threatening rip currents and massive waves from Hurricane Erin as the massive Category 2 cyclone creeps continues to churn off the coast.

Hurricane Erin is affecting parts of the East Coast, including beach towns such as Ocean City, Md., and more. Here's a look at this week's weather.

“Some gradual development of this system is possible during hte middle to latter portion of thw eeek while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph across teh eastern and central tropical Atlantic,” the hurricane center said.

Forecasters are tracking a new disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Erin, a Category 5 storm, undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle, according to a Saturday night update from the National Hurricane Center.

FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera tracks the next system that has a medium chance of tropical development behind Hurricane Erin in the Atlantic Ocean's Main Development Region.

Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.

Using geochemical analyses of marine sediments, researchers have been able to quantitatively reconstruct the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation over the past 12,000 years. The international research team,

Steve Callahan's life changed when his boat took on water in 1982, causing him to flee to his life raft. For the next 76 days, he floated 1,800 miles alone in an inflatable life raft, learning to fish and make water.

A Navy pilot based at Naval Air Station Oceana was rescued from the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia’s coast Wednesday after ejecting from a fighter jet.