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Earl Fades Off Into Canada

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:38:53 CDT

The remnants of Hurricane Earl took aim at Nova Scotia early today after a brush with the Northeast that was far less intense than feared, dumping heavy, wind-driven rain on Cape Cod cottages and fishing villages accustomed to heavy storms. The worst of the damage amounted to a few hundred...

Geraldo Wishes a Hurricane Had Come on 9/11

Kevin Spak — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:51:21 CDT

Geraldo Rivera loves hurricanes. Reflecting on his career on Fox and Friends this morning, Rivera waxed romantic about the danger and excitement of covering a hurricane—"It's like war, only no one is shooting at you"—and then let the hosts in on his particularly weird meteorological daydream. "One funny...

Hurricane Earl Downgraded to Category 1

Rob Quinn — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:33:01 CDT

Hurricane Earl has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, but the New England coast can still expect some nasty weather. The storm lashed the North Carolina coast overnight, the AP reports, and forecasters predict it will stay away from New Jersey and other mid-Atlantic states today before coming very...

Hurricane Earl Downgraded to Category 3

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:08:54 CDT

Hurricane Earl is weakening slightly but it's still packing winds near 125 mph as it blows toward North Carolina's coast. Earl has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane, and it's expected to pass the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a powerful storm tonight. New hurricane and tropical storm...

Hurricane Earl: Warning Issued for Massachusetts Coast

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:33:32 CDT

Hurricane Earl barreled toward the Eastern Seaboard today as a powerful Category 4 storm with winds swirling at around 145mph. Forecasters were trying to pinpoint how close the strongest winds and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands, as the National Hurricane Center in Miami...

Surfers Barrel to Earl

Rob Quinn — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:38:26 CDT

People heading away from North Carolina's Outer Banks as Hurricane Earl approaches are passing hardy surfers heading in the other direction. Earl is the biggest hurricane to threaten the East Coast since Hurricane Bob in 1991, and surfers up and down the coast are getting ready to take full advantage...

Hurricane Warning Issued for NC

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:32:59 CDT

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

Rob Quinn — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:35:50 CDT

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...

Outer Banks Worries About Hurricane Earl

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:10:54 CDT

Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day, worrying countless vacationers who planned to spend the traditional last week of summer at the beach. FEMA warned people along the Eastern Seaboard to prepare for possible evacuations. Forecasters cautioned it was still too early...