Mandatory evacuations for parts of North Carolina Outer Banks as Hurricane Erin looms in Atlantic

Mandatory evacuations for parts of North Carolina Outer Banks as Hurricane Erin looms in Atlantic

While monster Category 4 Hurricane Erin will likely stay east of the U.S., officials are warning of life-threatening surf and rip currents at beaches up and down the East Coast from Florida in the Southeast through the mid-Atlantic, Northeast and New England this week. Officials in Dare County, North Carolina, declared a state of emergency and issued a mandatory evacuation for Hatteras Island on Sunday. FOX Weather Storm Specialist Mike Seidel has the latest from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.