Tropical Storm Irene Nears Eastern Seaboard
From Times Wire Reports
A renewed Tropical Storm Irene was gradually intensifying as it moved closer to the East Coast, forecasters said.
Irene could become a hurricane today, and it was expected to continue over the next five days toward the East Coast somewhere from South Carolina to New Jersey, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
“A possible U.S. landfall by [Tuesday] cannot be ruled out at this time,” hurricane specialist Stacy Stewart said.
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