Even though Erin is expected to stay hundreds of miles offshore, its impacts are forecast to worsen as it crawls northward and makes its closest approach to the U.S. mainland. Erin was generating waves of 35 feet or more at an ocean buoy east-northeast of the Bahamas on Aug. 19, creating swells and stirring up a broad swath of the ocean.

ENFIELD, N.C. (WTVD) -- A cargo train carrying coal derailed in Halifax County on Sunday afternoon, blocking the tracks and disrupting passenger train service along the East Coast.