Hotspots including Rockaway Beach, Coney Island and Manhattan Beach were shuttered Friday as massive waves and strong rip tides threatened suck away swimmers and surfers. State-run Long Island Beaches were closed just for swimming.

Hurricane Erin has weakened to a Category 1 storm after lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a threat of dangerous waves and potentially deadly rip currents to the East Coast.

Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that swimming will resume at Jones Beach State Park and knee-level wading is now permitted at Robert Moses State Park. The reopening comes after rough surf and flooding from Hurricane Erin have "mostly subsided.

Hurricane Erin's track is forecast to stay offshore, but the New York City area and Jersey Shore are still seeing some impact.

City beaches will reopen Saturday, NYC Parks announced on Friday. Dangerous rip currents and high waves from Hurricane Erin forced beaches across New York City to close for a couple of days. With inclement weather and dangerous swimming conditions behind us,

Hurricane Erin has triggered a state of emergency in North Carolina, where residents and visitors along the Outer Banks are under evacuation orders.

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