The threat of Hurricane Earl is prompting many to flee North Carolina’s vacation islands and federal authorities are warning residents along the Eastern seaboard to be ready to evacuate, the Associated Press is reporting.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Earl was 170 miles northeast of San Salvador this morning, traveling at a speed of 17 miles an hour. It current trajectory is expected to take it just off the coast of North Carolina late Thursday or early Friday. It is currently 725 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras and has top sustained winds of 125 miles per hour.
Hurricane watches are out from Surf City, N.C., to Parramore Island in Virginia.
News reports say that the odds that New York City will experience tropical storm conditions from Earl have risen to one in four. Tropical storm conditions means that there would be sustained winds of 40 miles per hour or greater, with higher gusts.
Topics Catastrophe Natural Disasters North Carolina Hurricane
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