Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island in North Carolina's Outer Banks as Hurricane Erin threatens to bring coastal flooding to the area. CBS News' Meg Oliver reports on the riptide risk the from the storm along the East Coast and meteorologist Jessica Burch has a look at its predicted path.

Forecasters say the monster storm will turn away from the eastern U.S. and won’t make landfall. But they predict it will churn up dangerous rip currents.

H urricane Erin, now a Category 2 hurricane, has prompted a tropical storm watch for North Carolina's Outer Banks and is expected to bring dangerous waves and rip currents to beaches along the East Coast. While the storm won't make landfall on the East Coast, it has prompted mandatory evacuations for some Outer Banks residents and visitors.