Hanna prompts officials to consider possible evacuations

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Hanna prompts officials to consider possible evacuations

Story Published: Sep 2, 2008 at 4:28 PM EST

Story Updated: Sep 2, 2008 at 4:28 PM EST

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Officials in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas are weighing possible evacuations as they keep an eye on the weather.

Tropical Storm Hanna is shifting toward a tough-to-predict landfall along the southern Atlantic coast by the end of the week.

Florida Governor Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency as Hanna began a turn to the northwest from the Bahamas. Emergency officials in Georgia and South Carolina have gone into 24-hour alert mode. In Savannah, nervous residents are rushing to buy plywood and generators.

The National Hurricane Center predicts Hanna will most likely come ashore as a hurricane between Friday and Saturday somewhere
between the east coast of Florida and the North Carolina coast. Current forecasts show the storm making landfall near the Georgia-South Carolina border.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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