The gates are part of the city’s ambitious Flood Protection Program, initiated after Hurricane Matthew dropped nearly 14 inches of rain in some areas of the city in 2016. Windsor Woods,

Virginia Beach city officials are getting ready for potential impacts from Hurricane Erin as the storm makes its way up the East Coast.

On Thursday, Hurricane Erin was several hundred miles off the coast of North Carolina and pushing storm surge and deadly rip currents toward the shore. Three other systems may form right behind.