Hurricane Erin updates: Storm weakens to Category 1, moves away from US coastline

Hurricane Erin maintains its strength with maximum winds at 90 mph.

The storm is located between Nova Scotia and Bermuda, with the center being about 400 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Erin continues to race away from the East Coast, moving east at 28 mph.

The storm is expected to become post-tropical by Friday evening, but will remain a large system with a powerful, hurricane-force low-pressure system as it continues its trek out to sea.

The storm is still expected to bring rough surf and dangerous rip currents for the U.S. East Coast into the weekend.

-ABC News' Kyle Reiman

Overnight, about 50 people were rescued along the Jersey Shore due to flooding brought on by Hurricane Erin, according to the Margate Fire Department.

Around 16 people were rescued from their vehicles, while 34 people were saved from two flooded restaurants.

Photos show the streets in the area flooded with water.

Erin brought coastal flooding, damaging surf and dangerous rip currents for the East Coast. From North Carolina into New York, instances of coastal flooding caused scattered road closures.

High surf advisories continue into the weekend from the Outer Banks of North Carolina up to coastal New England as Hurricane Erin moves northeast.

Additionally, the rip current danger is expected to be high on Friday from Florida all the way up to Maine, with similar conditions expected this weekend. Swimming at any East Coast beach this weekend is not advised.

Erin is expected to weaken as it continues east out to sea, eventually becoming a post-tropical system over the North Atlantic that resembles a nor’easter rather than a tropical system.

-ABC News' Kyle Reiman

As of Friday morning, Hurricane Erin continued to move northeast and is weaker than days prior, with maximum winds down to 90 mph and all tropical storm warnings discontinued.

Erin is still a very large storm impacting the East Coast with coastal flooding, dangerous surf and breezy conditions.

Coastal flood alerts remain in effect from the Carolinas to Long Island and Coastal New England where 1 to 2 feet of inundations is possible in low-lying areas with high tide through Saturday.

While the worst of Erin has already passed and the storm will continue to race away from the U.S. into the weekend, there will still be some lingering impacts -- including beach erosion and coastal damage from large waves and coastal flooding along the shoreline.

-ABC News’ Kyle Reiman