With the worst of the weather impacts from Hurricane Erin set to hit the Virginia Beach coast by Wednesday and continue through early Friday, the city is making storm preps and calling for residents to be ready,

Dangerous coastal impacts from Hurricane Erin will peak along the East Coast on Wednesday and Thursday as the storm passes offshore.

The Ocean City Beach Patrol has closed the ocean to swimming, wading and surfing Tuesday as tropical storm activity off the coast brings dangerous conditions to the resort town.

Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.

Rough surf conditions and dangerous rip currents have forced many beaches to ban swimming and boogie boarding this week.

As Hurricane Erin grows in size, impacts from the storm’s intensity will be felt “well outside” the storm’s center, including in Hampton Roads. The storm’s impacts

Hurricane Erin is going to be moving north through the Atlantic Ocean. It will have some affect on our next storm system.

While Tropical Rainstorm Erin continues to generate rough surf and coastal hazards, AccuWeather meteorologists are monitoring additional tropical waves near the region where Erin initially formed earlier this month.