| Thu, 2 Sep 2010 Hurricane Earl takes aim at U.S. East Coast | HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Earl bore down on the U.S. East Coast on Thursday on a path toward North Carolina's barrier islands, which it was expected to lash with dangerous winds and pounding surf. People walk along the beach as the area awai... | Hurricane Earl Nears Atlantic Coast | MASONBORO ISLAND, N.C. — Hurricane Earl edged toward the Atlantic coastline Thursday as tourists and residents fled the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the wake of forecasts that the storm might lash the state by the end of the day. Multimedia Related | The Led... | Four die in China landslides | BEIJING: At least four people died and 44 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck in southwestern China. | The landslides swept through a mountain village near the city of Baoshan in a rugged region of Yunnan province, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. | ... | UN: 1.3 million Haitians still live in camps months after quake | New York - Nearly nine months after a devastating earthquake, an estimated 1.3 million Haitians are still living in temporary shelters while the country struggles with reconstruction and rebuilding a government, the United Nations said Thursday in an updated report. |... | Hurricane Earl to batter North Carolina tonight Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Chuck Burton, AP Almon Telling walks along Atlantic Beach, N.C., on Thursday as Hurricane Earl heads toward the East Coast. HURRICANE EARL PROJECTED PATH | HURRICANE CATEGORIES HURRICA... | Hurricane Earl path: Power outages could vex Long Island, Cape Cod | The danger from most hurricanes is from water – either the massive amount of rain that falls or the surge that the high winds push onshore. View gallery: Huge hurricanes | But in the case of the hurricane Earl path, the bigger problem once it leaves the Cape Hattera... | Thousands People Evacuated as Hurricane Earl Prepares to Hit In North Carolina Hurricane Earl strengthened today, bearing down on North Carolina with winds of 145 miles (230 kilometers) per hour, prompting school closures, coastal evacuations and emergency declarations. | Dare and Hyde Counties in North Carolina said their schools will close today... | In a first, NASA drone to overfly hurricane threatening US | LOS ANGELES (AFP) – A pilotless NASA aircraft is set to overfly Hurricane Earl on Thursday, in a scientific first to gather data about the potentially-deadly storm front bearing down on the US east coast. | After taking off from Edwards Air Force base in Califor... | | |
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