Erin, which became a Category 5 hurricane Saturday morning in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, but has now weakened to a Category 2.

OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WAVY) — Much of the North Carolina coast, including the Outer Banks, is under tropical storm and storm surge warnings as Hurricane Erin churns as a Category 2 storm. The tropical storm warning extends from downeast Carteret County, on the southern North Carolina coast, north to Duck in the northern Outer Banks, […]

Hurricane watchers are eying systems in the Atlantic basin. One has a medium chance of developing later this week.

The International Space Station flew 260 miles over the hurricane as it moved northwest through the Caribbean.

Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and wind on Monday.