Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday and threatened to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.

Hurricane Erin is not expected to make landfall in the United States, but a tropical storm watch has been issued for portions of the North Carolina coast.

People are being warned by the National Hurricane Centre that Storm Erin is expected to reach the Leeward Islands, Bermuda or the east coast of the US- but its impact may also bring around an abrupt e...