Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes before slowly moving away.

Erin's impacts are being felt on the Outer Banks, where massive waves are crashing onto the beaches and tropical storm-force winds are gusting in Nags Head. FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne repor

The storm flooded parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks, including a section of the main highway. It's now turning away from the East Coast, but dangerous surf and rip currents are likely from Florida to Maine.

Two coastal homes in Rodanthe, North Carolina, appear on the verge of collapse as Hurricane Erin's wind and waves lash the East Coast.

Local officials issued evacuation orders for parts of the Outer Banks, warning that the storm might wash out roads.