NEW YORK — The coastal flooding threat from Hurricane Erin will peak with Thursday night’s high tide, and dangers from the storm will continue into Friday, meteorologists said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the closure of all New York state beaches through Thursday night, but the National Weather Service warned of rip currents throughout the region until 8 p.m. Friday.

“The threat for beach flooding, beach erosion and escarpment and areas of dune erosion will increase with successive high tides through tonight,” NWS forecasters warned Thursday. “This high surf will be combined with elevated water levels as we approach a new moon.”

Waves are expected to peak at 12-16 feet high on Long Island on Thursday night, with high tide times varying up and down the island. Coastal communities in southern Queens and Brooklyn could experience flooding.

Hurricane Erin is expected to move further out to sea on Friday, and the storm is not predicted to make landfall. The storm is still making impacts along the East Coast because of its massive size, measuring nearly 600 miles in diameter,which is twice as big as an average hurricane.

Even as Erin has made its way north, the storm has continued kicking up rip currents up and down the coast. The National Weather Service warned of dangerous ocean conditions from Maine to South Florida on Thursday.

Rip currents are expected to remain a threat to the tri-state area through Friday, even if beaches finally reopen. By Saturday, conditions are expected to be back to normal.

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