Hurricane Erin continued to churn northward as federal forecasters warned people at East Coast beaches not to go into the water due to potentially life-threatening conditions.
National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasters say they are confident that the center of the storm will stay far offshore, although its outer edges are expected to bring high winds, large swells, and rip currents on Thursday and Friday.
Life-threatening surf and 100 mph winds will lash parts of the East Coast, National Weather Service forecasters warned on Aug. 20.
The center said in a bulletin on Wednesday that beachgoers shouldn’t swim at most U.S. East Coast beaches….