Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, its outer bands lashing the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, as forecasters warned the storm was rapidly growing in size and would gain new...

Hurricane Erin is beginning its upward movement along the Atlantic coast as of Aug. 19, and is expected to be a few hundred miles off the coast of North Carolina by Thursday, Aug. 21.

On its current track, Erin is expected to run parallel along the Eastern Seaboard, meaning it's not expected to make a landfall, according to FOX 5 NY 's Audrey Puente and FOX Weather models.