Forecasters in North Carolina are becoming increasingly concerned about life-threatening impacts from Hurricane Erin along the Outer Banks, including strong winds and massive waves that could cause "extreme" damage to beach and coastal areas, as well as a storm surge that has the potential to be a "significant threat to life and property."

A tropical storm warning has been issued for North Carolina as Hurricane Erin churns up the east coast of the U.S. as a Category 2 storm.

More than 2,000 evacuated in North Carolina as storm churns up East Coast - Tropical storm force winds and surge conditions predicted to increase in the Outer Banks region of North Carolina and portio