Get the latest updates as Hurricane Erin passes off of the coast of the Jersey Shore and Delaware beaches on Thursday, Aug. 21.

Hurricane Erin’s drive-by impacts are forecast to generate multiple rounds of flooding in New Jersey beach towns from Sandy Hook to Cape May Point, and tropical storm warnings were in effect for the nearshore waters.

Officials are warning beach-goers to stay out of the ocean, because the storm will be generating huge breaking waves that could be deadly.

Swimming is currently prohibited at several Jersey Shore beaches as Hurricane Erin churns up hazardous surf conditions along the coast.

Atlantic City, Wildwood, Margate, and Ocean City are among the towns that have banned ocean swimming as the hurricane moves north.

Rough surf conditions and dangerous rip currents have forced many beaches to ban swimming and boogie boarding this week.

Hurricane Erin is whipping up the Atlantic Ocean at speeds over 100 miles per hour. The trajectory of the storm has it staying out to sea, though many effects will be felt close to shore and on land.

On Wednesday morning, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of Florida and beginning to push storm surge and deadly rip currents toward the shore. Two other systems may form right