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0:03  Report by / Shristi Mangal Pal

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It’s not your average beach day in North Carolina.

Hurricane Erin has churned up the U.S. East Coast — with waves as high as a two-story building.
Its packing winds of up to 160 kilometers an hour — strong enough for this man to hitch a ride on his roller skates.
Erin’s fury has created a playground for surfers, but a dangerous one.
This hurricane is fueling rip tides — fast currents that can sweep swimmers out to sea, in seconds.
VOXPOP (English): I was surfing right out here, got caught in the riptide on my surfboard. A wave was going out this way, and a wave was coming this way, which is an indication of a riptide. It just sucked me out on my surfboard.
From above, satellite images show lightning flashing around the storm’s eye — a sign of its immense power.

And on the ground, rising waters are flooding coastal communities.
More than two thousand people have been evacuated from North Carolina’s low-lying barrier islands.
But not everyone is as concerned. 
For this father and daughter duo, Erin is proving a spectacle.
SOT: RESIDENTS, MIA MCCALLUN, 9, AND PAT MCCALLUN, 40, SAYING: 
Oh, we wonder if the water's coming up. We're kind of interested to see the water come up. The fear thing, not yet. We're close enough to the bridge and getting to mainland then. I don't think we have to worry quite yet.
Forecasters say Erin will weaken and stay offshore — but the East Coast isn’t likely to calm quickly. 
Warming seas — driven by climate change — fuel storms like Erin, making them larger and more destructive.
 A warning scientists say can’t be ignored.+++