Hurricane Erin stirs up strong winds, floods part of main highway as it creeps along the East Coast

Hurricane Erin stirs up strong winds, floods part of main highway as it creeps along the East Coast

Hurricane Erin has battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes

A fisherman walks on a pier as large waves generated by Hurricane Erin crash into the jetty at Lighthouse Point Park, in Ponce Inlet, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)