On Friday at 3:44 p.m. the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC released an updated coastal flood advisory in effect until Saturday at midnight for Northern Outer Banks.

A s Hurricane Erin grazed U.S. East Coast, we've already seen the large waves and coastal flooding in North Carolina's Outer Banks, but this large storm's trek northeast has also pushed ocean swells high onto beaches along New York's Fire Island and the Jersey Shore.

Forecasters predicted the storm would peak Thursday and said it could regain strength but was expected to turn out to sea.