The storm will remain a major hurricane through the middle of the week, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Delaware and Jersey Shore beaches were closed to swimmers on Tuesday, Aug. 19, with Hurricane Erin carrying life-threatening rip currents as the storm's path tracks near the East Coast.

Life-threatening rip curents are expected from Florida to Canada, along with large breaking waves and dangerous surf conditions.

A disturbance in the Atlantic following Hurricane Erin is now expected to track northward, according to NHC data.

Hurricane Erin is an unusually large hurricane, likely to remain a dangerous major hurricane through the middle of this week, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

While Hurricane Erin is not expected to make landfall on the U.S. and is forecast to dissipate in the open Atlantic by early Saturday, Aug. 23, dangerous and life-threatening rip and surf currents ar...