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Hurricane Irene: North Carolina Island Evacuates as Bahamas Get Walloped

NC Island Evacuates as
Irene Wallops Bahamas

Aug 24, 2011 4:34 PM CDT

NC Island Evacuates as Irene Wallops Bahamas

Landfall expected on East Coast this weekend

(Newser) - Tourists started evacuating the North Carolina border island of Ocracoke today, as Hurricane Irene strengthened to a Category 3 storm and headed toward the East Coast. A local tells the AP evacuations are going smoothly so far. Year-round residents were ordered to begin evacuating tomorrow . Irene’s winds neared 120mph...

North Carolina Evacuates Ocracoke Island as Hurricane Irene Approaches

NC Island Evacuated
as Irene Approaches

Aug 24, 2011 5:38 AM CDT

NC Island Evacuated as Irene Approaches

Storm could be Cat 4 monster by the time it reaches coast

(Newser) - North Carolina is bracing for what could be the strongest storm to hit the state since 1998's Hurricane Bonnie. Thousands of people have been ordered to leave the barrier island Ocracoke as Hurricane Irene, currently a Category 2 storm but expected to strengthen further, moves toward the coast, the...

Hurricane Warning Issued for North Carolina

Hurricane Warning
Issued for NC

UPDATED

Sep 1, 2010 10:32 AM CDT

Hurricane Warning Issued for NC

Outer Banks empties out as East Coast readies

(Newser) - A hurricane warning has been issued for the North Carolina coast as powerful Hurricane Earl bears down on the East Coast, while a hurricane watch now extends into Delaware. Visitors have been evacuating Ocracoke Island in ferries and told to leave neighboring Cape Hatteras in North Carolina's Outer Banks, and...

NC Island Evacuated
as Earl Blows In

Sep 1, 2010 3:35 AM CDT

NC Island Evacuated as Earl Blows In

Tourists ordered off Ocracoke

(Newser) - Thousands of tourists have been told to leave North Carolina's Ocracoke Island as Hurricane Earl steams up the coast. The island's 800 residents aren't required to evacuate, but officials say they hope they'll join the exodus from the popular vacation island, the AP reports. More evacuations along the East Coast...

Top Beaches 2007

Jun 11, 2007 10:04 PM CDT

Top Beaches 2007

(Newser) -

Ocracoke Lifeguarded Beach, Outer Banks, North Carolina
Caladesi Island State Park, Dunedin/Clearwater, Florida
Coopers Beach, Southampton, New York
Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii
Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts