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 before slowly moving away.

Beachfront property owners braced for the worst amid predictions of a storm surge of up to 4 feet and significant coastal erosion. Powerful waves of 15 to 20 feet are expected to slam beaches, especially in North Carolina, for 48 hours or more as the hurricane crawls northward offshore through at least Thursday.

Erin's impacts are being felt on the Outer Banks, where massive waves are crashing onto the beaches and tropical storm-force winds are gusting in Nags Head. FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne repor

Residents across North Carolina’s Outer Banks and coast braced for flooding from a storm surge and powerful winds as Hurricane Erin churned hundreds of miles away in the Atlantic Ocean.Local officials issued evacuation orders for parts of the Outer Banks,

Hurricane Erin is expected to impact the Outer Banks in North Carolina, sending massive waves crashing into the islands.

The storm flooded parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks, including a section of the main highway. It's now turning away from the East Coast, but dangerous surf and rip currents are likely from Florida to Maine.

The road remains closed south of Oregon Inlet and impassable in several places, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation.

Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it churns in the Atlantic where high winds and heavy rain are pelting the Turks and Caicos Islands and parts of the Bahamas.

A resident recounts being swept off his feet by the waves, while a motel manager hopes to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Erin.

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

Two homes on North Carolina’s Outer Banks sit precariously in high waves generated by Hurricane Erin with their days seemingly numbered