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Conditions along the atlantic ocean for beachgoers, you see many of them out there just taking pictures, just kind of taking it all in. now as far as the weather is concerned, with hurricane earl, we have had some very moderate beach erosion here along the delmarva peninsula, some winds gusting up to 30, 40 miles an hour, but the worst of the weather has really passed through, now just is kind of a waiting game for the seas to improve and for beachgoers to get their wish for a nice labor day wee...

24 hours or so. people are being told to stay out of the water. we are going to get the latest on the track right now where this storm is headed from our reynolds wolf. he is standing by for us. lets go to the coast now with rob marciano. he is at kill devil hills in north carolina. rob, hello. it is on the way to you. >> it is. you know, you mentioned that rip current danger along the beeches, the east coast. including in north carolina. i think that now that this thing has become a category 4 ...

Deal with a tropical storm force winds. so the bottom line today is the storm exits and the seas will be calming down. we still have 15-foot waves in the gulf of main, nine-foot waves off the gulf of nantucket. you notice off the jersey shore and long island, the waves are now down to the five to six to eight foot range. the biggest threat is the wave action goes down is the rip current. thats where the holes in the sand that are left by the storm as it departs. be careful swimming from the life...

You havant evacuated, you probably dont need to at this point. here is the new forecast path just out from the hurricane center. it does not include cape cod now in the actual cone. just nantucket in that cone, feeling more and more confident we will not get a direct landfall out of cape cod, probably just tropical storm-force winds on nan tucket and cape cod. new update, category 1 remain a 1 into nova scotia up there into the bay of fundy. as far as we are going, it does not look like we will ...

Now, the beaches, however, will remain open for the many tourists who want to come out and take in the screenry, however, this situation, the screenry, is going to get a lot worse as the day wanes on. we are expecting tropical storm-force winds still coming through this area. rain heavy at times and certainly a very high surf come early afternoon. the good news is earls going to move through here pretty quickly. he shouldnt amount to much flooding and is going to race on to the northeast by this...

Right now, though, at at least three tornadoes touched down in the brownsville area of texas. the sky goes dark when that happens as if it were nighttime and the wind picks up. thats the concern but in the long term, it is going to be water and flooding. people have packed up, boarded you had and left the barrier island. >> it doesnt look like its that bad from before but its not worth the chance. you cant do it when it gets too late. >> reporter: of course as we [ audio trouble ] every hurrican...

But, say mid afternoon, well look for the threat of tornadoes and some damaging winds. weve also got clusters of of thunderstorms across the southeast. same story by midday, things are really going to get kicking. the hot and sticky weather continues but this cold front will bring a little relief to a few folks. well talk more about that when i see you again. the weather always matters! >> yes, it does. he was just kidding. >> not to try to diminish your role or anything, but once youre under wa...