Hurricane Erin is triggering a rip current risk along the Jersey Shore and several beach towns are implementing swimming bans.

Hurricane Erin is churning slowly toward the eastern U.S. coast and stirring up waves that already have forced residents of North Carolina's Outer Banks to evacuate.

Significant coastal impacts including dune erosion and damages to precarious beach homes are expected on Wednesday night into Thursday for eastern North Carolina, as Erin moves in offshore, especiall...