Waves crash against homes in the Outer Banks as Hurricane Erin arrives

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AccuWeather's Ali Reid reported live from Buxton, North Carolina, on Aug. 20, highlighting waves and rip currents as tropical storm conditions struck the Outer Banks.

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00:00North Carolina coast will see the worst of Hurricane Aaron tonight and into tomorrow.

00:04And for the latest, we're now joined by AccuWeather's Allie Reed in Buxton,

00:08North Carolina. Allie, how are things looking out there? What's the nature of the flooding?

00:15Well, guys, we're already starting to see those tropical storm-like conditions that

00:19we've been talking about that really picked up a number of hours ago here in Buxton,

00:24North Carolina. I want to point your attention to the Atlantic Ocean.

00:27We're seeing an upwards of 10-foot waves. This, my friends, is a scary-looking ocean. There is no

00:38doubt about it. The couple of things to note here is that we are seeing that rough surf. We're seeing

00:43those rip currents. And the thing that is really interesting to note is going to be the homes that

00:50are along the shoreline here. Take a look at a number of these properties that sit right up along

00:55the ocean here. So these are going to be problem spots over the next couple of hours. We are in

01:02one of these mandatory evacuation zones. Police telling families, get out while you can. It's

01:08not safe to be here in these particular locations. That's going to include places like Hatteras Island,

01:15Rodanthe, Buxton, like we're in currently. And again, you just see how significant these waves

01:21are as they come up. They're crashing onto homes here. And in the distance, you'll notice some of

01:26that flooding. Again, we're talking about that storm surge. Our photographer, Andy, was even here

01:31yesterday to get some video for us, some drone video, to really give you that perspective of what

01:36it is looking like on a number of these alleyways, these streets here, already flooding that we were

01:43seeing. The other thing that we are keeping mind to is the fact that high tide is going to hit in about

01:48two hours. So what you're seeing now is not even what we're going to potentially see the worst of

01:55it. Okay, so a lot of this, the high tide, some of these currents are really, really going to continue

02:02to come in and wreck havoc in neighborhoods like here. Take to a surfer, a guy who's been surfing for

02:10a very long time. And he said, wow, it's been a long time since he's seen anything like this. Take a

02:15listen. I've been surfing for 60, 70 years. I've never seen a swell this far ahead, way far ahead

02:23of the hurricane. Anywhere near anything like this. It's amazing. When it starts breaking out in the

02:30second, third or fourth or fourth or fifth bar, that's when you know you got something going on.

02:39Yeah, and that was yesterday. Okay, so think about what has happened over the last couple of hours

02:44to really pick up on the rip currents here, that storm surge. And that is the big talker, guys.

02:52We may not see a ton of rain, and we certainly aren't seeing that right now. But again, you take a look

02:57just how quick these waves come.

03:07Allie, we are kind of getting an intermittent signal here. Our waves begin to crash in. Glad you're good.

03:16Allie, looks like you're good there. Oh, that was a big wave behind her.

03:19That was a nail-biter. Yeah. Okay, she's okay. She's good. She's good. And you're back with us.

03:24Are we still with you guys? Yes. And I'm glad that you're with us. The image froze.

03:28All right, yeah, well, there you go. That's Hurricane Aaron working its magic. Again,

03:36we're not going to see that direct hit, but that tropical storm-like conditions, just like we saw here,

03:41we're going to be seeing a lot of that over the next couple of hours. We'll check in with you guys

03:45in just a little bit here. All right, well, be safe out there. Allie Reed, live.

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