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East Coast prepares for soaking from Hanna
Beach vacationers in the Carolinas prepared to pack up and head inland today as Tropical Storm Hanna cruised steadily toward the coast, while others decided to ride out the fast-moving storm that threatens to become a small hurricane before crashing ashore overnight.
The storm will likely wash out the weekend from the Carolinas to Maine. Tropical storm watches or warnings ran from Georgia to areas just south of New York City.
As the first rain started to fall on the popular barrier island beaches south of Wilmington, N.C., Sam Owens packed up the camper he brought from State College, Pa., to the dunes that line the ocean side of Holden Beach. He had rented a spot for four months, but the campground’s owners said the high winds Hanna will bring with her meant it was time to go.
“We have to be out by noon and that is what we are going to do,” said Owens, a 56-year-old retired Marine. “I hope I can come back because either way I have to pay.”
The latest forecast called on Hanna to make landfall on the northern coast of South Carolina around 2 a.m. Saturday before marching quickly up the Atlantic seaboard and pushing into New England by early Sunday morning.
— Associated Press
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