Southeast Prepares For Hanna

FROM THE DOPPLER 10 FORECAST CENTER… A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY… McLENNAN, WILLIAMSON, AND SAN SABA…AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES TODAY AND FRIDAY WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 80 DEGREES…PERSONS INVOLVED IN VIGOROUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ARE URGED TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER…

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(September 5, 2008)--Many beach vacationers in the Carolinas were preparing to pack up and head inland Friday as Tropical Storm Hanna moves toward the coast.

Several counties in both North and South Carolina have opened shelters and hotels farther inland are offering discounts to those fleeing the storm's path.

Others have decided to ride out the storm, which is expected to crash ashore overnight.

One man on a barrier island that's part of North Carolina's Outer Banks says he's not too worried because the storm's moving too fast to cause much damage.

The governors of Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina have declared precautionary states of emergency.

South Carolina's governor is urging people to leave flood-prone areas and mobile homes in two northern counties by Friday afternoon.

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