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How Hurricane Erin is impacting North Carolina

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Here & Now Newsroom

August 21, 2025

A man smokes a cigarette at the end of Jennette's Pier as waves from Hurricane Erin crash ashore in Nags Head, N.C., on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Allen G. Breed/AP)

Hurricane Erin is currently tracking as a Category 2 storm, just off the East Coast. We check in on North Carolina, where beaches and roadways have flooded and evacuations have been ordered.

Host Sarah McCammon talks with Drew Pearson, emergency management director for Dare County, North Carolina.

This segment aired on August 21, 2025.

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