A tropical storm warning is in effect for: Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina to Chincoteague, Virginia, including Pamlico and Albemarle sounds. A storm surge warning means there is a danger of life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, during the next 36 hours in the indicated locations.

Hurricane Erin on Wednesday grew in size as it made its way up into the Atlantic off the U.S. East Coast with tropical-storm conditions forecast to hit North Carolina and dangerous surf left

The first Atlantic hurricane of the season is forecast to bring heavy rain and life-threatening surf and rip currents to the U.S. East Coast this week.

Hurricane forecasters are tracking two tropical waves in the Atlantic that could be the next areas of concern in the wake of Hurricane Erin. Here’s what the spaghetti models are showing.

The Ocean City Beach Patrol has closed the ocean to swimming, wading and surfing Tuesday as tropical storm activity off the coast brings dangerous conditions to the resort town.

Meteorologists are closely tracking the projected path and forecast of Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year.

A 5 p.m. update listed the chances of the wave's further development at 60% over the next seven days. The wave is producing “disorganized showers and thunderstorms” and could form a tropical depression by the end of the week as it moves toward the Windward Islands on the eastern side of the Caribbean,