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FLORIDA (GaeaTimes.com) -- After Ocracoke islands, US authorities have finally decided to evacuate the East Coast region which is likely to hit by Hurricane Earl soon.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says an emergency exists in North Carolina and has ordered federal agencies to help state and local officials with handling any problems caused by Hurricane Earl.

MIAMI - Forecasters say Hurricane Earl's winds gusted even stronger as the powerful storm steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard.

NAGS HEAD, N.C. - Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard early Thursday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way.