Hurricane Erin is triggering dangerous beach conditions across much of the US East Coast that will likely last into the weekend, as the storm pushes north in the waning days of the summer travel season.
Erin is not currently forecast to make landfall in the eastern US or Canada. But the storm has created a high risk of powerful and potentially deadly currents this week at popular vacation destinations, including Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts, the Hamptons on Long Island and Delaware’s Rehoboth Beach. Heavy winds and waves up to 20 feet