Hurricane Erin Threatens East Coast With Heavy Waves, Floods (1)

Hurricane Erin will likely become even larger as it churns past the Bahamas, avoiding land but raising the risk of high winds and flooding hundreds of miles away along North Carolina beaches.

Erin’s top winds measured at 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour Monday, making it a Category 4 storm on the five-step, Saffir-Simpson scale, the US National Hurricane Center said in an
advisory
at 5 p.m. New York time.

The hurricane — the first of the six-month Atlantic season — was 695 miles (1,120 kilometers) southwest of Bermuda, moving northwest at about 10 mph (17 kph). Heavy rain was ...