On Wednesday, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of Florida and beginning to push storm surge and deadly rip currents toward the shore. Two other systems may form right behind.

An updated storm surge warning was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on Wednesday at 10:58 a.m. in effect until 7 p.m. for Northern Outer Banks.

The NWS Wakefield VA issued an updated tropical storm warning at 11:01 a.m. on Wednesday in effect until 7:15 p.m. for Western Currituck.

A pop-up storm caused a downpour in Abilene ahead of the lunch hour Wednesday morning. Beginning around 10:00 a.m., some parts of town saw nearly an inch of rain over the span of about an hour, causing flooded streets across Abilene.

On Wednesday at 4:57 a.m. the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued an updated tropical storm warning in effect until 1 p.m. for Northern Outer Banks.

Store owner Andy Guzauskas told The Beacon-News on Tuesday afternoon that he hopes to get the store back up and running soon, but at this point he isn’t sure when that will be.

Storm chances increase next week, and we get a long-lasting taste of fall as temperatures fall far below average!

Per Schefter, swing tackle and key Kaleb McGary insurance Storm Norton had ankle surgery yesterday, which comes with a recovery timeline of 6-8 weeks. That would put him on track to return sometime in October, which is better than missing the season but makes for a very scary problem at this moment in time.