Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 2 storm Tuesday as it continued to move north off the U.S. East Coast, but it still prompted an evacuation order for part of North Carolina’s Outer Banks and warnings about dangerous rip currents and swells.
The storm had maximum sustained winds of 100 mph at 11 p.m., but it was becoming “better organized,” the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane-force winds extended 80 miles from its center.
The storm was forecast to move east of the Bahamas Tuesday night — where there had been a tropical storm watch that has since been canceled — and then move north in between Bermuda and the East Coast Wednesday and Thursday.
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