People trying to enjoy the last hurrahs of summer along the coast are being met on Wednesday with rip-current warnings, closed beaches and treacherous waves as Erin inches closer, once again on the cusp of becoming a major hurricane as it treks north after lashing Bermuda.

As Tropical Storm Erin moves through the Atlantic, New Yorkers may need to skip some beach days as there's some potential for dangerous rip currents.

Hurricane Erin is also forcing evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.

The storm is expected to bring dangerous conditions to parts of the coast on Wednesday but then turn away from the United States.

A tropical storm warning has been issued for North Carolina as Hurricane Erin churns up the east coast of the U.S. as a Category 2 storm.

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

The National Hurricane Center warned that roads in the low-lying barrier islands may become impassable, with waves as high as 20 feet crashing ashore. The heavy surf is likely to result in significant beach erosion, it said in its 8 a.m. EDT update.