The already sprawling storm will grow larger as it hurls the ocean toward the East Coast and Bermuda, and it could have company this week.

Outer bands from Hurricane Erin could lash the North Carolina coastline with tropical-storm-force winds and heavy rain as it passes by the Outer Banks, where a Tropical Storm Watch and a Storm Surge Watch were issued.

Hurricane Erin formed early Friday, Aug. 15, marking the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season before exploding over the weekend.

Hurricane Erin remained a Category 3 storm on Tuesday morning, threatening to lash North Carolina’s Outer Banks with tropical force winds and swamp roads with waves of up to 15 feet. Evacuations have been ordered on barrier islands along the Carolina coast.

Millions of people up and down the East Coast have been told to prepare for impacts from Hurricane Erin as the monster Category 2 hurricane continues on its journey across the Atlantic, bringing it close to the U.

The National Hurricane Center is watching two areas of interest in the Atlantic that seem to be following a similar path as Erin.