Hurricane Erin Picking Up Steam Along East Coast

RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Erin is strengthening again and forecasters say it could intensify again to be a major hurricane. The storm is creeping toward the mid-Atlantic coast and churning up menacing waves that have closed beaches from the Carolinas to New York City. By Wednesday evening, its outer bands had reaching North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Erin is unlikely to make landfall along the East Coast before turning farther out to sea. But authorities are warning that its large swells will cut off roads on the Outer Banks and whip up life-threatening rip currents from Florida to New England. The National Hurricane Center is watching two more tropical waves.