Hurricane Erin's higher tides and big waves are battering much of the East Coast, with the huge storm prompting the expansion of tropical storm and coastal flooding advisories Wednesday.

The International Space Station captured Hurricane Erin as it traveled northwest through the Caribbean, with sustained wind speeds of 105 mph.

What is very likely, however, is that our weather will become more unsettled with wet and perhaps windy conditions at times during the second half of next week.

Forecasts indicated that Erin would have its greatest impact along the North Carolina coast on Thursday, Aug. 21.

On Aug. 20, a day after an explosion tore through the building at 5051 New Centre Drive, debris still littered the site and people around the area remain rattled.