Beaches in the New York City area and down the Jersey Shore are open, but swimming bans may remain in place Saturday.

It’s a beautiful Saturday and beaches across New York state are back open after Hurricane Erin moved further away from the East Coast. New York City beaches reopened after the storm brought dangerous rip and surf currents,

Hurricane Erin has weakened to a Category 1 storm after lashing North Carolina's Outer Banks with rough waves and coastal flooding, and bringing a threat of dangerous waves and potentially deadly rip currents to the East Coast.