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.

Hurricane Erin is beginning to move away from the North Carolina coast, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. While Erin's eye is well north of Florida Thursday morning,

At 11 a.m. ET, the eye of Hurricane Erin was located near latitude 30.1 North, longitude 73.7 West. Erin is moving toward the north near 13 mph. A turn toward the north-northeast is expected later today and tonight,