CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's Emergency Management
Division is going on 24-hour operations as officials closely watch
the progress of Tropical Storm Hanna.

Division spokesman Derrec Becker said Tuesday officials are in
close contact with the National Hurricane Center and Gov. Mark
Sanford about the storm.

Becker said Sanford has the final say on whether evacuations
will be needed. He said there has been discussion but no final
decision on reversing lanes on highways leading to the coast.

The National Hurricane Center said the storm could make landfall
later this week anywhere from Florida to the Outer Banks of North
Carolina.

But the latest projected path brings the storm in near Charleston on Friday afternoon as a Category 2 hurricane.

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