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Mandatory Evacuation Ordered For Hatteras Island Visitors Ahead Of Nor’easter
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 16, 7:43 PM EDT
updated Oct 18, 11:50 AM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WFMY-TV, WTVD and WSOC-TV (Channel 9 ABC), not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Visitors to Hatteras Island have been ordered to evacuate ahead of a coastal storm and Nor’easter, WSOC-TV, WTVD and WFMY-TV reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 18, 1:01 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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