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NAGS HEAD, N.C. – Members of the U.S. Coast Guard got a glimpse astatine the almighty waves created by Hurricane Erin connected Friday portion heading retired successful a lifeboat disconnected the seashore of North Carolina.
Though the coastal flooding menace from Erin had mostly subsided connected Friday, different impacts from the tempest continued done the weekend.
A unit from the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet successful Nags Head were operating a lifeboat disconnected the seashore erstwhile video captured ample Erin-fueled waves forming successful beforehand of them.
In the video, the lifeboat makes a close crook conscionable successful clip for a ample question to crest successful beforehand of the boat.
ERIN FADES FROM US BUT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS, ROUGH SEAS FOR SWIMMING TO LAST THROUGH WEEKEND
The archetypal question cresting successful beforehand of the boat.
(U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet / FOX Weather)
With nary clip to alteration people to debar the wave, the vessel coasted implicit the ample question earlier hitting the water with a ample thump.
Just a fewer seconds aft getting done the archetypal wave, different started to crest successful the ocean.
The vessel went implicit this wave, too, this clip with a small much water spray hitting the crew.
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Ocean spray hitting the Coast Guard unit aft the 2nd wave.
(U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet / FOX Weather)
A 3rd wave, astir apt the biggest, followed close down the 2nd wave.
"Hang on," idiosyncratic connected the vessel said to the different unit aboard, arsenic the question got closer.
HURRICANE ERIN'S HIGH TIDES IMPACT SEA TURTLE NESTS ALONG EAST COAST BEACHES
A monolithic question produced by Hurricane Erin hits a U.S. Coast Guard vessel disconnected North Carolina connected Friday, Aug. 22.
(U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet / FOX Weather)
Within a fewer seconds, the question crested close connected apical of the boat, h2o hitting it with specified unit that the full vessel was covered successful water. The wave's spot caused the camera space to shift, present pointed toward the floor.
The caller space showed a unit subordinate getting backmost up, presumably aft being knocked down by the wave.
The unit of the 3rd question knocked the camera space connected the boat.
(U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet / FOX Weather)
"The tempest has passed but offshore oversea authorities is inactive highly dangerous," the Coast Guard said successful a Facebook post.
A rip existent hazard remains successful spot for overmuch of the East Coast done the weekend, but question heights had mostly returned to mean by Saturday.
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