The Outer Banks — essentially sand dunes sticking out of the ocean a few feet above sea level — are vulnerable to erosion.

Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and ...

Hurricane Erin is marching north, lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a ...

Hurricane Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, won't make landfall on the U.S. East Coast, but it will impact residents and ...

Beachfront property owners braced for the worst amid predictions of a storm surge of up to 4 feet and significant coastal ...

Hurricane Erin moves offshore but still threatens East Coast with dangerous surf, rip currents, and tropical winds. Follow ...

Hurricane Erin is expected to impact the Outer Banks in North Carolina, sending massive waves crashing into the islands.

The massive storm is expected to bring coastal flooding and tropical storm conditions to parts of the mid-Atlantic despite ...

Roads are closed, and storm surge and tropical storm warnings are still in place, as the coast braces for dangerous ...

A "wild" video shows the moment waves from Hurricane Erin crashed into homes in the Outer Banks. The North Carolina homes ...

Hurricane Erin, churning north in the Atlantic hundreds of miles offshore, is expected to trigger a dangerous storm surge and ...

The National Hurricane Center warned that roads in the low-lying barrier islands will become impassable, with waves of 15 to 20 feet crashing ashore.