Hurricane Erin is marching north, lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a threat of dangerous waves and potentially deadly rip currents to the East Coast.

As Thursday winds down in Central Florida, a few evening thunderstorms are expected. In addition, the FOX 35 Storm Team is continuing to monitor the dangerous rip currents and surf coming from Hurricane Erin as it passes by the East Coast.

Erin is expected to produce life-threatening surf and rip currents along the beaches of the Bahamas, much of the east coast of the U.S. and Bermuda during the next several days. Rip current alerts extend along most of Florida's coastline with a high rip current risk for Palm Beach County and moderate risk for Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Hurricane Erin's impacts are already underway across the Southeast, bringing dangerous surf and strong rip currents along Florida's East Coast beaches.

Conditions along the Florida coast are expected to deteriorate Wednesday as Hurricane Erin moves north-northwest off Florida.

Meteorologists are closely tracking the projected path of Hurricane Erin, the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year.

After Hurricane Erin moves out to sea and three other systems fizzle out, the tropics will take a short break. But forecasters warn that it’s far too soon to let your guard down this season.

The National Hurricane Center is tracking four systems in the Atlantic, including Hurricane Erin and newly designated Invest 90L.