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Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina’s Outer Banks early this morning, passing just 75 miles east of Cape Hatteras. Special weather statements indicate that the only road out of the barrier island chain, Highway 12, is closed. Pounding waves over 15 feet high, on top of a storm surge of 2 – 3 feet, pushed water over the highway in multiple locations. Earl’s winds also piled up huge waves offshore–waves peaked at 28 feet at the Diamond Shoals buoy, and at 31 fee…<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1605">Read More</a>
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Hi, Dr. Rob Carver with your early-morning blog update. Earl is starting to pass the Outer Banks, all tropical warnings south of Cape Lookout, NC have been discontinued, and the hurricane watch for North Carolina has been canceled. Looking at our METAR history page, it is apparent the low pressure center of Earl is now moving away from Cape Hatteras.As of 500AM EDT, Earl is still a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph. From the advisory, Earl is loca…<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1604">Read More</a>
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Hi, Dr. Rob Carver with your evening blog update. Earl continues to weaken, as he is now a category 2 storm. EarlAs of 11PM EDT, Earl is a Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 105 mph. From the advisory, Earl is located at 33.8 N, 74.4 W, 115 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, NC and 570 miles south-southwest of Nantucket, MA. On average, Earl is currently moving north-northeast at 18 mph. Data from hurricane hunter flights show that Earl’s pressure h…<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1603">Read More</a>
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With Earl lashing the mid-Atlantic and New England coasts today and tonight, people are changing their travel plans for this holiday weekend.
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Tropical Storm Fiona is continues to churn closer to Bermuda. Fortunately, the storm has weakened and will cause more of a nuisance to residents and visitors.
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In the wake of Hurricane Earl, the threat for rip currents will continue through the Labor Day weekend along the East Coast.
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Parts of Japan, China and North Korea will again become the target of a tropical system in the upcoming days. The danger this time is at the hands of Tropical Storm Malou.
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Soon after touring Cape Cod and Nantucket, Mass., Earl will race northeastward across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the Gulf of St. Lawrence this weekend.
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People out on Lakes Erie and Ontario this holiday weekend will have to watch for waterspouts.
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The latest on Hurricane Earl, as measured by weather buoys, land stations, radar and satellite.
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AP – Hurricane Earl had lost some of its strength and was at category 2 strength with winds up to 105 mph early Friday off North Carolina’s coast.

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AFP – Hurricane Earl pounded North Carolina on Friday as it sped up the US East Coast, threatening dangerous waves and riptides across the eastern seaboard.

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AP – The death toll from Typhoon Kompasu, which battered the Korean peninsula with strong winds and heavy rains, rose to five in South Korea, an official said Friday.

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When Hurricane Katrina slammed Washington Parish with an unexpected, powerful force that left the landscape battered and largely unrecognizable, and the community stunned, shaken and in shock, Tommy Thiebaud, Director of Emergency Operations, was in charge.
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Hurricane Earl has significantly weakened today. The Hurricane Hunters found a central pressure of 948 mb at 4:06pm EDT, a large 20 mb rise from the 928 mb pressure of the 5am EDT advisory this morning. The aircraft found flight level winds at 10,000 feet of 124 mph, which translates to surface winds at the boundary between Category 2 and Category 3 strength, 112 mph. However, the SFMR instrument on the aircraft saw top surface winds of just 98 mph. Satellite imager…<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1602">Read More</a>
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Hurricane Earl strengthened significantly overnight, and its Category 4 140 mph winds make it the third strongest Atlantic hurricane on record so far north in U.S. coastal waters. Only Hurricane Esther of 1961 and Hurricane Connie of 1955 made it farther north in U.S. coastal waters at a higher strength. Both storms had winds 5 mph stronger than Earl–145 mph. One other Atlantic hurricane was stronger than Esther and Connie at a more northerly latitude–the second s…<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1601">Read More</a>
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Hi, Dr. Rob Carver with your evening blog update. It’s a busy night in the tropics with category 4 Hurricane Earl and Tropical Storms Fiona and Gaston in the Atlantic. We’ll focus on Earl tonight.EarlAs of 11PM EDT, Earl is a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 140 mph and faster gusts. From the advisory, Earl is located at 27.8 N, 73.8 W, 520 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, NC. On average, Earl is currently moving north-northwest at 18 mph. Data …<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1600">Read More</a>
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Hurricane Earl has regained Category 4 strength this afternoon, and continues on a steady northwest path towards the North Carolina coast. Recent satellite imagery shows that Earl has become more symmetrical, with improved upper-level outflow and no signs of dry air wrapping into the core. The improved appearance is probably due to lower wind shear. Latest wind shear tendency imagery from the University of Wisconsin CIMSS group shows that shear on the southwest side…<br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1599">Read More</a>
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The latest on Hurricane Earl, as measured by weather buoys, land stations, radar and satellite.
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Winds up to 100 mph will slam the Outer Banks of North Carolina tonight as Hurricane Earl brings damage, flooding, and rough surf.
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While the worst of Hurricane Earl will be passing east of New York City, New Jersey and the Delmarva, coastal areas will feel some effects from the massive storm.
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Soon after touring Cape Cod and Nantucket, Mass., Earl will race northeastward across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence this weekend.
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As Typhoon Kompasu landed in western Korea at Inchon late Wednesday, Tropical Storm Lionrock spun ashore between Xiamen and Shantou, China.
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Torrential rain striking wide areas of China during the summer rainy season has taken at least 3,185 lives by way of flooding and landslides according to a report by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs.
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Hurricane Earl will bash Nantucket and Cape Cod with 100-mph winds Friday night, while strong winds, flooding, and damage can be felt as far west as Boston.
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While most of the attention is focused on Hurricane Earl, tropical storms Fiona and Gaston complete the tropical parade in the Atlantic.
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LiveScience.com – Three swirling storms are roaring across the Atlantic with
nervous East Coast residents keeping a close eye on the conveyor belt of tropical
activity as hurricane season enters its busiest time.
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The Christian Science Monitor – Hurricane Earl, some 300 miles south of North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras, has now prompted tropical-storm or hurricane warnings from the Tar Heel State’s coast to the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
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Reuters – Recently-downgraded Gaston remained a tropical depression on Thursday as it churned west-northwest in the central Atlantic on a path that will likely take it into the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday.
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LiveScience.com – The National Hurricane Center warns that Hurricane Earl may swing
by dangerously close to the U.S. East Coast before curving back out to
sea. While the odds are it won’t strike New York City directly, such an
event is not unprecedented, and the city has plans in place to evacuate -
and to hunker down – if need be.

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