Hurricane Erin forces Outer Banks evacuations
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Bogus social media posts are circulating about the colonial Spanish mustangs of Corolla being evacuated off the beach in tractor-trailers.
Mandatory evacuations are underway for parts of the Outer Banks, including Dare and Hyde counties and various islands, as Hurricane Erin draws closer.
Hurricane Erin is expected to brush the coast of North Carolina on Wednesday, forcing officials to issue warnings and evacuation notices.
By Tuesday morning, Erin had lost some strength from previous days and dropped to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 kph), the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
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A potential tropical storm could develop later this week in the same region that produced Hurricane Erin. The season's sixth tropical storm would be named Fernand.
Hurricane Erin has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane but is gaining in size and is forecast to strengthen anew