Hurricane Erin has begun to track into the open ocean and away from the North Carolina, but storm surge warnings remain in place for parts of the state and the storms effects are still expected to be felt along the East Coast.

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.

We are watching two systems behind Erin. One, south of Bermuda, is likely to become Tropical Storm Fernand this weekend.

Hurricane Erin is entering the first stages of a post-tropical transition as it continues to move away from the eastern coast of the United States.

Hurricane Erin continues its northerly track and is set to deliver impacts to the beaches in New Jersey and Delaware.

Hurricane Erin continues to chart a course up the East Coast, lashing out at the East Coast shoreline with gusty winds, showers, and pounding surf. But this storm is really only the latest version of a storm that seems to have many lives.