While the U.S. will be spared a landfall from monster Hurricane Erin, the impacts will be felt up and down the East Coast throughout the week with life-threatening coastal conditions, rip currents and big waves.

Rip currents are the third leading cause of deaths from hurricanes, and they can happen on a sunny day hundreds of miles from the storm.

Forecasts show the storm intensifying further and growing as it gradually turns north on a path between the United States and Bermuda. The first hurricane to form this Atlantic season and the first to become a major storm,

Hurricane Erin is deemed a potential threat to Bermuda as a Category 4 storm, the Bermuda Weather Service warned. According to the BWS 6am advisory, the storm was upgraded from Category 3 overnight

Hurricane Erin was a Category 4 storm again Monday morning and is expected to grow even larger and stronger, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Although Erin is forecast to move north between the U.S. and Bermuda, life-threatening surf and rip currents are likely across the Atlantic coast from Florida to Canada.

The Atlantic basin includes the northern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America, as the Gulf of Mexico is now known in the U.S. per an order from President Trump. NOAA and the National Hurricane Center are now using Gulf of America on its maps and in its advisories.

Get the complete, updated list of confirmed itinerary and port visit changes for ships impacted by Hurricane Erin.

Erin was a Category 3 hurricane Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 a.m. ET update, with sustained winds of 125 mph, with tropical storm-force winds reaching out 205 miles. The storm is expected to continue to fluctuate in intensity,

Major cruise lines are rerouting ships away from Hurricane Erin, which regained power after weakening over the weekend.

Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Aqua has dropped Bermuda for a Canada stop to avoid northbound Hurricane Erin.