See maps, impacts anticipated to NH, Maine

Hurricane Erin is shifting north, and whereas the storm is just not anticipated to make landfall, the East Coast is experiencing heavy winds, flooding and harmful marine situations because the storm travels up the Atlantic Ocean – together with in New Hampshire and Maine.

For New Hampshire particularly, the National Weather Service (NWS) of Gray, Maine predicts the coast will expertise some harmful waves and rip currents, advising individuals to remain out of the water from Thursday, Aug. 21 by means of Saturday, Aug. 23.

In Maine, York County has issued a rip present and excessive surf alert by means of Sunday, Aug. 24.

“High risk of rip currents at the coast today and over the next few days,” York County Emergency Management Agency said on X. “Dangerous swimming & surfing conditions are expected. Follow instructions from lifeguards & local officials & stay out of the water especially if you are an inexperienced swimmer.”

Patrick Murphy, chief of Hampton Beach lifeguards in New Hampshire, is urging warning.

“We’ll have to see what Erin brings, and we’ll adjust accordingly,” he said. “Our No. 1 goal is to keep every patron that steps foot on any of our New Hampshire State Park Seacoast beaches, from Hampton Beach to Wallis Sands, safe. When people come to the beach, we want them to come to beaches with lifeguards on duty. Check in with a lifeguard, swim near a lifeguard.”

Here’s what to know:

Will Hurricane Erin influence New Hampshire?

The NWS predicts that Hurricane Erin will go southeast of New England on Friday, Aug. 22, bringing a big swell to into the Gulf of Maine. With its massive waves, this swell will create harmful rip currents, which is able to create harmful swimming and browsing situations and may even trigger some seaside erosion.

While the main threat in New Hampshire is these rip currents, the NWS warns that some minor coastal flooding is also possible on the Seacoast surrounding the Friday night high tide.

As a result of the storm, the NWS has issued a Rip Current Statement, a High Surf Advisory and a Small Craft Advisory for the coast of New Hampshire, warning that swimmers and smaller vessels should stay out of the water from now through end of day Saturday, Aug. 23.

What are rip currents?

Rip currents are powerful channels of fast-moving water, and they have killed about 50 people in the U.S. so far this year, according to a release last week from AccuWeather.

If you’re caught in a rip present, officers advise you to swim parallel to the shore till you’re out of the channel, AccuWeather famous within the launch.

Hurricane Erin path tracker

This forecast track shows the most likely path of the center of the storm. It does not illustrate the full width of the storm or its impacts, and the center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.

2025 hurricane forecast

The AccuWeather 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecast is predicting 13-18 named storms, including 7-10 hurricanes, adding “Three to 6 direct U.S. impacts are forecast, the identical vary as final yr’s catastrophic season with six landfalls.”

The report famous that the climatological peak of hurricane season begins Sept. 10.

USA TODAY Network reporters Dinah Voyles Pulver, John Bacon, Jeanine Santucci, Jorge L. Ortiz, Brandon Ng and Seth Jacobson contributed to this article.