A high rip current risk is present on Thursday from Miami up to Cape Cod, with the high risk of rip currents likely lasting along part of the East Coast into the weekend. High sur

North Carolina expects coastal flooding from massive waves, tropical-storm-force winds and tidal and storm surges for much of the state shoreline, especially the Outer Banks, as well as life-threatening rip currents for most of the week, Stein said, adding, "No one should be in the ocean."

Videos show massive waves lashing abandoned homes on North Carolina's Outer Banks as the storm passes the U.S.