Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes on Wednesday. While Erin won’t make landfall in New England, forecasters said it could regain strength and once again become a major hurricane, Category 3 or greater, on its trek north.

Hurricane Erin is tracking closer to the East Coast, and meteorologists still maintain that parts of Massachusetts will feel the effects of the storm. The National Weather Service branch in Norton, MA is predicting that the storm will pass "well southeast ...

Hurricane Erin is expected to cause breezy conditions with gusty winds in western Massachusetts, while the East Coast will experience strong rip currents and big waves.

Hurricane Erin is expected to stay hundreds of miles off the East Coast, but its impact will be felt in the form of waves, wind and rip currents in Massachusetts this week.

Most of New England's coastline is under a high surf advisory through Saturday as Hurricane Erin's powerful winds whip up rough surf and high swells.

"Heavy rainfall is possible on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, with potential for a maximum of 4 inches," NHC said Tuesday.

Coastal parts of Maryland are seeing impacts from Hurricane Erin Thursday as the storm as the storm travels parallel to the East Coast.