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.

The International Space Station captured the unusually large storm as it swirled near the East Coast of the United States.

Hurricane Erin is expected to churn up the waters off New Hampshire as it continues to move northeast this week. The storm is still expected to stay well offshore, but it will likely bring rougher surf and dangerous rip currents to New Hampshire through the end of the week.

National Weather Service forecasters are warning of high surf and dangerous rip currents as Hurricane Erin passes offshore of Southern New England on Thursday. A High Surf Advisory is in place along much of the immediate coast, stretching from southern ...

As of 7 a.m. CDT Wednesday, the center of Category 2 Hurricane Erin was located about 400 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., or 560 miles west-southwest of Bermuda, and was tracking to the north-northwest at 13 mph. Erin’s sustained winds were 100 mph, making it a Category 2 storm.

The hatched areas on the National Hurricane Center's tropical outlook map indicate "areas where a tropical cyclone — which could be a tropical depression, tropical storm or hurricane — could develop," said National Hurricane Center Deputy Director Jamie Rhome.

Jersey Shore officials are expecting Hurricane Erin to churn intense waves off the coast this week, some of which could wash away beach replenishment projects. Hurricane Erin will not bring much rain or strong winds, according to forecasters, but might have some of the biggest waves the Shore has seen in the last few years.

Hurricane Erin is still churning north and on track to pass by the Jersey Shore and Delaware beaches hundreds of miles off the coast. While the heart of the storm will likely stay well offshore (fortunately),