Rough surf conditions and dangerous rip currents have forced many beaches to ban swimming and boogie boarding this week.

Tropical Storm Watches and Warnings have been issued for parts of North Carolina and Virginia Beach and up to Chincoteague.

“Some gradual development of this system is possible during hte middle to latter portion of thw eeek while the system moves westward to west-northwestward at 15 to 20 mph across teh eastern and central tropical Atlantic,” the hurricane center said.

Forecasters are tracking a new disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Erin, a Category 5 storm, undergoes an eyewall replacement cycle, according to a Saturday night update from the National Hurricane Center.

Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.

Using geochemical analyses of marine sediments, researchers have been able to quantitatively reconstruct the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation over the past 12,000 years. The international research team,

Steve Callahan's life changed when his boat took on water in 1982, causing him to flee to his life raft. For the next 76 days, he floated 1,800 miles alone in an inflatable life raft, learning to fish and make water.

Nova Scotia RCMP have identified a man who died last week after an encounter with Mounties in Aulds Cove, N.S., but they haven't revealed his name publicly. Just before 9 p.m. on Thursday, Antigonish RCMP were called to reports of a man walking on Highway 104 in Aulds Cove.