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FEMA Chief Says Entire East Coast Of U.S. Should Prepare For Hurricane Irene

08/23/2011 11:29 am 0 comments

Source: CNN

The entire eastern coast of the United States should prepare for Irene, a large and dangerous hurricane churning northwestward over the tropical waters of the Caribbean, the nation’s emergency chief warned Tuesday.

After lashing the Turks and Caicos islands and the Bahamas, Irene is projected to skirt Florida and instead hit the Carolina coast by the weekend, but Craig Fugate, the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, said Irene’s exact path cannot be predicted this far out.

Emergency officials in southeastern states have already stepped up operations in preparation for the first significant storm to threaten the United States in three years.

The storm, moving at 12 miles per hour, is expected to strengthen to a Category 3 by Wednesday, which would make it a major hurricane, forecasters said, and then approach Category 4 status as it gathers steam and organizes over the warm ocean.

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