Hurricane Erin on Monday reinvigorated as a major Category 4 storm as it moved near the Bahamas and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.

Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and...

Erin’s outer bands pelted parts of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with heavy rains and tropical-storm winds during the day Sunday.