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The Eye of Hurricane Isaias Moving Inland in North Carolina

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   Hurricane Isaiasis continuing to make landfall in southeastern North
   Carolina.

   The National Hurricane Center's website said, radar and surface views
   showed the eye of Isaias first movedinland nearOcean Isle Beach, with
   maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) just after 11 pm EDT.

   Less than an hour later, a weather station on Johnny Mercer Pier at
   Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, measuredsustained winds of 62 mph
   (100 km/h).

   Heavy rain and coastal storm surge flooding is expected.

   Forecasters saidpartsof EasternSouth Carolina andEasternNorthCarolina
   canexpect rainfall amounts of 7 to 15 centimeters (3 to 6 inches).

   Isaias is expected to move quickly through the mid-Atlantic and
   Northeast on Tuesday and Tuesday nightaffecting the states of
   Virginia,Maryland,New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C.
   and New England.

   Tropical storm warnings are in effect from the Virginia border north to
   Maine, in the upper northeast.

   President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency in North Carolina
   to free up funds for federal officials to help towns and cities
   coordinate disaster relief efforts.

   Trump made a similar declaration Saturday for Florida, which was spared
   the full impact of the storm.

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