(2 p.m. update)MOREHEAD CITY Hurricane Irene is still moving toward the county as well as could strike this weekend.According to the 2 p.m. public advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Irene is now 70 miles north-northwest of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. Its track shows it is expected to hit North Carolina sometime Saturday.Irene now has maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, with the minimum central barometric pressure of 28.85 inches. It is moving west-northwest at 10 mph, with hurricane-force winds extending outward from it up to 50 miles as well as tropical storm force winds extending out from it up to 205 miles.Irene is now the category 2 hurricane, but is expected to turn the major hurricane, with sustained wind speeds exceeding 110 mph, either late today or Wednesday.Casey Dail, meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) at its Newport/Morehead City office, said theres still the lot of uncertainty, but the official track shows Irene making landfall along the South CarolinaNorth Carolina coast late Saturday to early Sunday.A lot of it depends upon an upper level pressure trough moving in from the northwest, Ms. Dail said. It could help change its direction, but not strengthen it.Beaufort sent out the message upon Monday to residents as well as property owners asking them to stop by locale hall to pick up re-entry passes. Town hall is located at 215 Pollock St.This is the first year Beaufort has issued passes, which will help the locale regulate who should be in the area following the storm.The passes will be available until 6 p.m. today as well as from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through the rest of the week.Also, the county is asking residents to go to its website as well as register to its new emergency alert system, DeltAlert. The system, which transposed the previous CodeRed system, can send mass texts, voice messages as well as emails to people during emergencies.While the county has landline information, it is asking residents who would like alerts sent to their cell! phone t o visit its website at www.carteretcountygov.org as well as click upon the DeltAlert link.(11 a.m. update)morehead city Hurricane Irene is now headed for North Carolina as well as the forecast puts Carteret County in its pathway. According to the 11 a.m. public advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Hirricane Irene is now 50 miles north of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. Its track shows its expected to hit North Carolina sometime Saturday.Irene now has maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, with the minimum central barometric pressure of 28.94 inches. Irene is now moving west-northwest at 10 mph, with hurricane-force winds extending outward from it up to 50 miles as well as tropical storm force winds extending out from it up to 205 miles.Irene is now the Category 2 hurricane. Its expected to turn the major hurricane either late today or Wednesday.(8 a.m. update)morehead city The latest upon Hurricane Irene shows it will likely make landfall in the Carolinas sometime this weekend, moving north as well as potentially causing major damage as far north as New England.According to the 8 a.m. public advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Irene is now 55 miles north of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. Its track shows its expected to hit North Carolina between late Saturday as well as early Sunday.Irene now has maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, with the minimum central barometric pressure of 28.88 inches. Irene is now moving west-northwest at 10 mph, with hurricane-force winds extending outward from it up to 50 miles as well as tropical storm force winds extending out from it up to 205 miles.Irene is now the Category 2 hurricane. Its expected to turn the major hurricane either late Tuesday or Wednesday.People in the eastern part of the Carolinas are urged to begin preparations as well as plan for possible evacuations.
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