On Thursday, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of North Carolina and pushing storm surge and deadly rip currents toward the shore. Three other systems may form right behind.

Hurricane Erin downgraded to a post-tropical Friday evening, but some beaches will remain closed to swimming through Saturday as strong rip currents continue to create dangerous conditions.

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.

Hurricane Erin's track is forecast to stay offshore, but the New York City area and Jersey Shore are still seeing some impact.

City beaches will reopen Saturday, NYC Parks announced on Friday. Dangerous rip currents and high waves from Hurricane Erin forced beaches across New York City to close for a couple of days. With inclement weather and dangerous swimming conditions behind us,

Hotspots including Rockaway Beach, Coney Island and Manhattan Beach were shuttered Friday as massive waves and strong rip tides threatened suck away swimmers and surfers. State-run Long Island Beaches were closed just for swimming.

Hurricane Erin caused flooding Thursday along coastal areas in Queens and on Long Island. Several streets were under water in Howard Beach, and there was significant flooding along a street in Far Rockaway. Erin churned dangerous waves and rip currents, but surfers just couldn't resist and took advantage of the large swells at Rockaway Beach.

Strong winds and waves from Hurricane Erin have battered Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard as dangerous rip currents continue to threaten from the Carolinas to New England.

The worst of hurricane Erin's effects may be over for Tri-State area residents but serious dangers still persist along coastlines prompting experts to urge caution as brighter and warmer weekend weath

As the warm, summer weather returns​ around NYC, Hurricane Erin is still causing some dangerous conditions​ at beaches along the coast.

Hurricane Erin will churn dangerous surf and a high risk of rip currents at Jersey Shore beaches through Saturday, the National Weather Service said.