Hurricane Erin has weakened to a Category 1 storm after lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a threat of dangerous waves and potentially deadly rip currents to the East Coast.

Hurricane Erin continued to track away from the United States on Friday, and attention is turning to two other potential storms in the Atlantic Ocean. The National Hurricane Center thinks both of the systems could become tropical depressions soon. And one seems to be on a path that those in the Caribbean will need to watch.

While Hurricane Erin continues to churn through the Atlantic Ocean, it remains as a Category 2 hurricane. As of early Thursday, Aug. 21, the storm was located approximately 205 miles east-southeast of Cape Hatteras,

Hurricane Erin brought storm surges and tropical storm conditions to parts of North Carolina and Virginia as it passed along the U.S. East Coast before moving away