Hurricane Erin's furthest bands began brushing the outer banks of North Carolina's coast Wednesday (local time), where the Category 2 storm triggered mandatory evacuation orders, and officials warned ...

North Carolina's Outer Banks - Two homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks sit precariously in high waves generated by ...

The massive hurricane was picking up speed, traveling north at 14 mph, and its center was located about 295 miles ...

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 ...

More than 2,000 people were evacuated by ferry from Ocracoke Island, part of the Outer Banks, according to the North Carolina governor’s office ...

Evacuations were ordered beginning Monday on Hatteras Island on the Outer Banks, the thin stretch of low-lying barrier ...

Officials predict N.C. 12 will become impassable in sections with the evening’s high tide around 6:10 p.m. Wednesday.

Locals on the Outer Banks are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Erin's path as it edges past the North Carolina coast. (AP video by Allen G. Breed) ...