Rough ocean conditions were forecast for parts of the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and the Turks and Caicos.

A part of North Carolina declared an emergency and ordered evacuations due to Hurricane Erin. The storm is also expected to bring life-threatening rip currents to South Carolina.

Hurricane Erin, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to stay offshore but bring rough surf and dangerous rip currents to coastal Massachusetts. Erin was a major, ...