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NC vacation island to be cleared as Earl nears
Posted: 09.01.2010 at 7:05 AM Updated: 09.01.2010 at 9:40 AM
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A ferry with cars traveling from Ocracoke Island docks in Hatteras, N.C., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. An evacuation of Ocracoke is underway as Hurricane Earl approaches the North Carolina Outer Banks.  / AP Photo
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Tourists on a North Carolina vacation destination island were ordered to board the ferries and head for the mainland Wednesday and more evacuations could be on the way as powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the East Coast.

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