{"id":83792,"date":"2025-08-20T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/83792\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:40:09","slug":"live-updates-hurricane-erin-poised-to-batter-the-east-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/83792\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Hurricane Erin poised to batter the East Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ap25231018909248.jpg\" alt=\"A sign warning against beach access is posted in Dare County, North Carolina on Monday.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejwoddt00063b6nsonwwgr5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Hurricane Erin has been stirring up dangerous rip currents along much of the US East Coast.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejyi7gn00083b6noprv844z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/19\/weather\/hurricane-erin-tracking-atlantic-season-climate-hnk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More than a dozen<\/a> people were rescued from rip currents at North Carolina\u2019s Wrightsville Beach on Tuesday, following about 60 rescues at the beach Monday, according to Sam Proffitt, the town\u2019s ocean rescue director.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejxiale000q3b6n0sclswij@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSome of these rips are pulling six to eight people out at a time,\u201d he told CNN, describing the conditions as \u201cvery strong\u201d and \u201cdangerous.\u201d Proffitt noted the volume of water moving and funneling out is so intense, it \u201creally doesn\u2019t matter how good of a swimmer you are.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejxkmm7000s3b6neoo00q5a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The beach issued a no-swim advisory through Friday, but Proffitt said most of those rescued have been beachgoers going for a swim on what is seemingly just another hot, sunny day.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejyhjqz00073b6notr94t0z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Just north of Wrightsville, 15 people were rescued in Surf City on Monday, officials there said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmejx5da500013b6n21g10yf2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Popular beaches in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey, as well as public beaches in New York City, have also enacted no swimming mandates until Hurricane Erin\u2019s threat passes.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hurricane Erin has been stirring up dangerous rip currents along much of the US East Coast. 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