Ernesto hits Carolina coast
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - Tropical Storm Ernesto   hit North Carolina near hurricane strength on Thursday, dumping   heavy rain on both Carolina states and forecasters warned it   could trigger life-threatening floods and tornadoes.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - A hurricane warning was issued for the South Carolina coast Saturday as forecasters predicted Tropical Storm Gaston would strengthen and make landfall near Charleston on Sunday...
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Tropical Storm Gaston, bearing torrential  rain and near-hurricane-strength winds, swept ashore in South  Carolina on Sunday and quickly weakened.
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By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 11--Hurricane Florence has increased the risk of rip currents today along all coastal Carolina beaches, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington, N.C.
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Ernesto became the first hurricane of the Atlantic season Sunday then weakened to a tropical storm as it lashed Haiti's southern coast with heavy rain and flooded homes in the impoverished country.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall at 11:30 p.m. on Plantation Key, Florida, with 45-mph winds. The storm is about 50 miles from Naples and is moving north at 8 mph. Forecasters say Ernesto likely will weaken and stay over Florida today, but could spread rain as far north as Delaware by Thursday.
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A hurricane warning was issued today for parts of the North Carolina and South Carolina coastline, as tropical storm Ernesto gained strength over the Atlantic Ocean and moved toward land.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto killed at least two people in Haiti, but otherwise let the Caribbean off relatively easy before heading north for Florida on Tuesday.
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More than 400,000 homes in the   U.S. mid-Atlantic region were without power on Saturday as the   remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto soaked the region with up to   a foot of rain.
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Ernesto, downgraded to a tropical   depression after a Thursday night landfall in North Carolina,   left more than 243,000 utility customers from North Carolina to   New Jersey without power late Friday.
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The weakened storm was expected to veer out over the Atlantic before hitting the Carolinas Thursday.
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A hurricane watch was issued on Thursday   for a portion of the East Coast as Tropical Storm Ernesto   strengthened on a path toward the Carolinas, threatening to   bring heavy rains and large waves.
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Tropical Storm Ernesto neared the southeastern US coast for the second time in two days, with a 50 percent chance it could regain hurricane strength before landfall, weather forecasters said.
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A powerful storm moved along the coast Tuesday, causing highway-blocking mudslides, flooding and power outages. Up to a foot of rain was possible in one mountain area.
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A hurricane watch is issued for part of the Carolinas as Tropical Storm Ernesto gains strength over the Atlantic.
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Ernesto regained its storm tropical storm status as it emerged into the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Canaveral on Wednesday night, after bringing heavy rains and strong winds to Florida's east coast.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Rain doused the South Carolina coast early Sunday as Tropical Storm Gaston, just under hurricane strength, picked up speed and pushed ashore...