Hurricane Earl is tropical storm being viewed closely ever since it started in the Caribbean to get bit. Earl was first a Category Three hurricane and is now a Category Four storm. Hurricane Earl is storm being closely watched. This is since the United States wants to know if it could be hit. The United States of America mainland is probably going to be hit by labor day with the hurricane going toward the East Coast. Seems like like the storm is headed just a little higher than Virginia. Long Island and Cape Cod better look out.
Search for Earl to hit the coast
The Hurricane Earl projected path follows the United States East Coast. According to the Washington Post the path of Earl will bring it close to the mainland, but will not likely make land fall. The expected effects are that high winds, altered currents off shore, and intense rain will occur in areas near or directly on the coast, however little more than that. There have been some area evacuated though. The evacuated areas are mostly islands off the coast, mostly resort towns. Advisories have been issued all along the East Coast, from South Carolina to Nova Scotia.
FEMA ready
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has met with President Obama. FEMA has established plans for evacuation and put emergency supplies in place in various states, and is in a heightened state of alert. Only a couple of evacuations have taken place so far, mostly around the Outer Banks off North Carolina. Ocracoke Island has been evacuated of tourists. Hatteras Island had this very same thing happen. Maryland and Virginia have announced states of emergency.
Where Earl is headed
The path of Earl is expected to follow the U.S. coastline north from its present location off North Carolina. Nobody knows if the storm will hit land yet. The eye of the storm should be out at sea. New York City and Boston are both expecting heavy winds and rain, as all other coast cities should.
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Washington Post
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