Good morning! Here’s our Friday AM update on ugly Irene:
- heightened waves have begun hitting North Carolina’s Outer Banks, even though the main thrust of the hurricane is still a day away
- South and North Carolina are already getting rain from Irene’s outer bands
- The hurricane warning area has been expanding to cover a large chunk of the East Coast from North Carolina to Sandy Hook, N.J., just south of New York City
- A hurricane watch was extended even farther north and includes Long Island, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, Mass.
- As many as 65 million people could feel Irene’s wrath
Image: Sattelite view of Irene on Thursday via Reuters
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