As Hurricane Erin moves closer to the East Coast , it's stirring up powerful and dangerous rip currents that will affect our beaches and shore points.

While the storm isn't making landfall, it's generating strong swells that are forecasted to build waves between 8 and 12 feet. Officials in Wildwood , Margate , and Brigantine, New Jersey, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, among other shore towns, have already prohibited swimming as a precaution. More closures may follow as these forceful "rivers of the sea" surge toward the coast.

"You're allowed on the beach, but you will not be allowed in the water because we have treacherous conditions going on right now," said Ed Schneider, Wildwood Beach Patrol captain. "We have a rip current warning, we have [a] rough surf warning, we hav

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