TROPICAL STORM INVADES PALMETTO STATE
As you can see in the photo above, taken on Pawleys Island this morning, the outer bands of Tropical Storm Hanna have officially arrived on South Carolina’s coast.
As of the 11 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center, Hanna is expected to make landfall overnight along the northern South Carolina coast (near Myrtle Beach) with maximum sustained winds between 70 and 80 mph, leaving the possibility that the storm could strengthen into a hurricane shortly before hitting land.
Tropical storm warnings have been issued for all of South Carolina’s coastal counties and tornadoes are possible. Residents are advised to seek shelter as Hanna approaches and take the proper precautions. Storm force winds and heavy rain could extend up to 315 miles from the storm’s center.
While Hanna hasn’t even made landfall, the U.S. is preparing to be popped by yet another storm. Hurricane Ike is currently 425 miles north of the Leeward Islands and appears to be following an eerily similar track as Hanna, only it has strengthened into a Category 3 storm.
Current tracks show Ike hitting Miami before heading into Gulf Coast, but forecasters say it could make a turn toward the Southeast similar to Hanna.
(Photo: Associated Press)
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