Hurricane Erin is expected to increase in size over the coming days, prompting federal officials to issue a tropical storm watch for coastal areas in North Carolina on Tuesday morning.
Erin, which has Category 2 winds of 110 miles per hour (mph), is still not expected to make landfall anywhere, including the United States, according to forecasters. The storm is currently located about 665 miles southwest of the island of Bermuda and around 720 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, but it is anticipated to move to the north and then northeast by later this week as it crosses over the northern Atlantic Ocean.
