News Report #1

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Tropical storm Hannah is heading to the Carolinas. Hannah has been moving through the Bahamas today with 70 mph winds, just below hurricane strength. In Haiti, tropical storm Hannah killed 61 people. The storm is supposed to hit land sometime Saturday possibly picking up strength and becoming a hurricane.Officials have held off evacuating coastal residents inland, the officials are not sure where Hannah will hit. The storm is predicted to hit along the Carolina’s coast but officials have told residents as far north as Washington to be prepared for Hannah. Officials couldn’t decide whether or not to evacuate 1 million residents between Savannah and Wilmington NC. Orders to evacuate could come around noon on Thursday beginning with voluntary evacuations. Hurricane Hannah might be closing schools around the Carolinas affecting students going to the library for library class. This hurricane might also damage important equipment that is used for information technology.Lots of precautions are being taken. Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine declared a state of emergency in order to free up state resources. Governor Mike Easley assures “We have in place everything that we need.” Some precautions that have been taken include Islands at Cape Lookout National Seashore were to close at 5 p.m. today. The marines at Parris Island S.C. rescheduled their graduation and South Carolina restricted their port operations.While we are worried about the current storm there are three other storms out in the Atlantic that could bring us lots of trouble in the future. The category 4 hurricane Ike is trailing a couple days behind Hannah with Tropical Storm Josephine behind Ike.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_re_us/hanna_us;_ylt=AjXXFozmALSvUzdGwIOdzx9vzwcF