NASA has released the picture of Hurricane Earl. The east coast of America is on high alert as Hurricane Earl gathers strength and experts warn it could make landfall within two days. Residents living on islands off North Carolina have already evacuated their homes as President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency. Holidaymakers and residents jammed ferries bound for the mainland after evacuations were ordered on Ocracoke and Hatteras islands.
Watches and warnings were posted along the Atlantic coast for most of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and part of Massachusetts, alerting residents that hurricane and tropical storm conditions were possible. Earl was expected to pass about 50m (80km) to the east of North Carolina early on Friday. However, there were fears any westward deviation from the forecast track could bring the eye of the storm over the coast.
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