More than 33 million Americans were under coastal flood advisories on Aug 20 as Hurricane Erin head north toward the U.S. mainland.

Category 2 Hurricane Erin continued its path up the East Coast on Aug. 21, bringing flooding and dangerous surf conditions to coastal communities.

Hurricane Erin has battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes