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loading video... (please wait a moment)Requires Adobe Flash Player By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff Hurricane Earl has weakened and may not pack as big a punch when it arrives off the Massaschusetts coast late tonight, according to the latest forecasts,...

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A weakened Hurricane Earl brushed North Carolina's Outer Banks overnight as residents along the Eastern seaboard braced for a stormy Friday.

Expecting a dangerous Hurricane Earl to pass as close as 30 miles from the Massachusetts coast, National Weather Service forecasters this morning expanded the area in which they are warning of possible impacts from the storm, issuing a hurricane watch for eastern Plymouth, southern Bristol, and Plymouth counties.

BUXTON, N.C. — Hurricane Earl blew toward the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as a major storm with winds of around 145 mph as forecasters tried to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest gales and heaviest surge would get to North Ca...

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Hurricane Earl path prompts tropical-storm or hurricane warnings from North Carolina to Hull, Mass. Earl, packing 140 m.p.h. winds, is slated to brush Cape Hatteras overnight.

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As it crawled up the East Coast, the powerful hurricane swirled over Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, tearing down power lines with winds of 138 miles per hour and flooding roads with torrential rain and surging surf. Within days, Cape Cod and the is...

Hurricane Earl bore down on North Carolina with winds of 145 miles (230 kilometers) per hour, prompting coastal evacuations and emergency declarations, while storm warnings were issued in Bermuda as Tropical Storm Fiona advanced.

Surf Forecast issued Thursday 2 September 2010: Seven day outlook for Sydney: Coming up Saturday! …courtesy of a fresh Noreaster… Hang on to your tuque… Friday: about 1 metre South East. Saturday: I’d say around 2-3 metres N...

Hurricane Earl packed winds near 125 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard all the way to Canada on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.

A production platform has exploded 80 miles off the central coast of Louisiana, with 13 people overboard, including one injured, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.