Hurricane Erin, tropical storm
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The storm is bringing dangerous conditions to parts of the coast on Wednesday, but will then turn away from the United States.
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.
On Thursday, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of North Carolina and pushing storm surge and deadly rip currents toward the shore. Two other systems may form right behind.
The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued an updated storm surge warning at 10:48 a.m. on Thursday in effect until 7 p.m. for East Carteret.
An updated storm surge warning was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on Wednesday at 10:58 a.m. in effect until 7 p.m. for Northern Outer Banks.
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A pop-up storm caused a downpour in Abilene ahead of the lunch hour Wednesday morning. Beginning around 10:00 a.m., some parts of town saw nearly an inch of rain over the span of about an hour, causing flooded streets across Abilene.
Store owner Andy Guzauskas told The Beacon-News on Tuesday afternoon that he hopes to get the store back up and running soon, but at this point he isn’t sure when that will be.