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Tropical Storm Hanna makes landfall in US
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 06 - 09 - 2008


Tropical Storm Hanna
sailed easily over the beaches of Carolinas' coast early
Saturday, blowing hard and dumping rain but apparently
causing little damage at the start of its speedy run north
to New England, reported ap.
Emergency officials were already looking past Hanna to
powerful Hurricane Ike, several hundred miles out in the
Atlantic. Ike, packing Category 3 hurricane winds of near
115 mph (185 kph), could approach southern Florida by
Monday as Hanna spins away from Canada over the North
Atlantic.
«Hanna is heading north in a hurry, leaving behind
sunshine for the weekend,» Myrtle Beach city spokesman
Mark Kruea said.
Kruea said city services would be open and that «despite
a week of preliminary hype» the storm didn't have much of
an impact on the city except a few downed trees and some
power outages that were repaired in less than a half-hour.
Further to the north, officials in North Carolina reported
more than 30,000 customers without power as Hanna moved
inland through the eastern part of the state.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hanna's center
made landfall about 3:20 a.m. (0720 GMT) near the state
line with top sustained winds dropping to about 60 mph (96
kph) from near 70 mph (112 kph) while the storm was over
water.
Hanna started drenching the Carolina coast Friday, with
streets in some spots flooding by late afternoon as the
leading edges of the storm approached land, making people
gathered on beaches shout to be heard.
By early Saturday, the wind howled as gusts neared 50 mph
(80 kph) and rain came in blinding bursts in Myrtle Beach.
The lights flickered on and off several times along some
beachfront blocks and the wind was so strong that it made
waves in hotel pools.
Several roads flooded at the peak of the storm. But nearly
all the flooding was gone before daybreak, regional
officials said.
The storm caused some travel headaches. Raleigh-Durham
International Airport canceled a few dozen flights Saturday
morning. No problems were reported at Charlotte-Douglas
International and Piedmont Triad International in
Greensboro.
Hanna was expected to race up the Atlantic Coast, reaching
New England by Sunday morning. Tropical storm watches or
warnings ran from the Carolinas to Massachusetts, and
included all of Chesapeake Bay, the Washington, D.C., area
and Long Island, New York. But a hurricane watch along the
Carolinas' coasts was dropped.
The storm has been blamed for disastrous flooding and more
than 100 deaths in Haiti.
Up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of rain were expected in
the Carolinas, as well as central Virginia, Maryland and
southeastern Pennsylvania. Some spots could see up to 10
inches (25 centimeters), and forecasters warned of the
potential for flash flooding in the northern mid-Atlantic
states and southern New England.
For all the talk of Hanna, there was more about Ike, which
could become the fiercest storm to strike South Florida
since Andrew in 1992. That hurricane did more than $26
billion in damage and was blamed for 65 deaths from wind
and flooding along with car crashes and other storm-related
accidents.
Federal emergency officials said they were positioning
supplies, search and rescue crews, communications equipment
and medical teams in Florida and along the Gulf Coast _ a
task complicated by Ike's changing path. Tourists in the
Keys were ordered to leave beginning Saturday morning.


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