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.

Erin, the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, became post-tropical on Friday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center said.

Volunteers from the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center search for sea turtle nests and to relocate turtles on Topsail Island, N.C., after Hurricane Erin battered the barrier island.

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Erin was a Category 1 hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean Friday morning Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Erin is the fifth named storm to form in the Atlantic in 2025. Follow our coverage here.

Waves from Hurricane Erin pounded Long Beach Island earlier this week, taking away a historic island landmark. A steel mast poking above the sand on the beach at Barnegat Light in New Jersey was all that remained to let people know the final resting place of the vessel Sea King. On Thursday night, the storm pulled the mast back to sea.

Highs in the 60s are forecast from Minnesota to Kansas, marking the coolest August stretch in years as dew points tumble and Erin tracks away from the U.S.

Two days after Hurricane Erin arrived on the NC coast in the Atlantic, state officials are beginning to reopen roads closed from the storm’s flooding. According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation,