Hurricane Erin, North Carolina
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As of 4 p.m. CDT Wednesday, the center of Category 2 Hurricane Erin was located about 295 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., or 520 miles west of Bermuda, and was tracking to the north at 14 mph.
As Hurricane Erin churned off the North Carolina coast this week, its powerful waves destroyed most of the remaining sea turtle nests on Emerald Isle, dealing a blow to what had been shaping up as a successful nesting season.
Ron Fisher captured this video at Atlantic Beach, North Carolina a few miles south of Fort Macon the evening of Hurricane Ern's approach. Swimmers are ordered to stay out of the water due to life-threatening rip currents.