Monster storm lashes North Carolina
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Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes before slowly moving away.
Much of North Carolina’s Outer Banks region is under a tropical storm watch with Hurricane Erin expected to skirt the area Wednesday through Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
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Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks but expected to stay offshore
Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and wind on Monday.
Emergency management officials on Sunday declared states of emergency and ordered the evacuations of Hatteras and Ocracoke islands on North Carolina's Outer Banks beginning Monday due to threats from
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