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North Carolina prepares for Hurricane Erin as evacuations ordered on Outer Banks
North Wake News - North Carolina
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August 18, 2025
Eddie M. Buffaloe Jr., Secretary | North Carolina Department of Public Safety Eddie M. Buffaloe Jr., Secretary | North Carolina Department of Public Safety State emergency management officials in North Carolina are preparing for the possible...
Hurricane Erin spoils vacations as authorities close beaches, order evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks; tropical storm watches issued
The Economic Times
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August 19, 2025
Erin, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, played a spoilsport in the peak vacation season as it forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Evacuations were ordered on some barrier islands along the Carolina...
Hurricane Erin Triggers Evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as Powerful Storm Brings Dangerous Surf and High Winds
[your]NEWS
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August 19, 2025
By Emmanuel Ogbonna Hurricane Erin continued its approach toward North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday, forcing evacuations and raising alarms over life-threatening rip currents, storm surge, and flooding across the fragile chain of barrier...
Erin prompts evacuations in North Carolina; at least 60 swimmers saved from rip currents
NBC 6 Miami - Florida
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August 19, 2025
Hurricane Erin continues its track on Tuesday after lashing parts of the Caribbean with rain and wind. Forecasters are confident it will curl north and away from the eastern U.S., but tropical storm and surge watches were issued for much of North...
Hurricane Erin Forces Evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks But Is Expected To Remain Offshore
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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Water floods a road in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Erin brings rain to the island, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo) Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even...
Trump wants a Zelenskyy-Putin meeting and Hurricane Erin threatens North Carolina: Morning Rundown
NBC News
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August 19, 2025
Trump meets with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House. Hurricane Erin forecast to bring life-threatening surf and rip currents to East Coast. And promising medication for children with an ultra-rare and often fatal...
Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, flooding expected
The Globe and Mail
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August 19, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Tropical storm and surge watches were issued for much of the Outer Banks.The Associated Press Holly Andrzejewski hadn’t yet welcomed her and her family’s first guests to the Atlantic Inn on Hatteras Island when she had...
North Carolina Man Charged With More Than $1M in Travel Insurance Fraud
Insurance Journal
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August 19, 2025
Investigators with the North Carolina Department of Insurance last week charged a man with swindling almost $1 million and attempting to gain another $887,500 from travel insurance companies from 2020 to 2024. Michael Gerard Renna, 50, of Clayton,...
Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks, threatens dangerous...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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Andrzejewski and her husband purchased the bed and breakfast, known as the oldest inn on the island, less than a week ago. By Monday they had brought in all the outdoor furniture and made sure their daughter and her boyfriend, who are the...
Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.
Associated Press
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August 19, 2025
Holly Andrzejewski hadn’t yet welcomed her and her family’s first guests to the Atlantic Inn on Hatteras Island when she had to start rescheduling them, as Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday and threatened to whip up...
The Messy Business of Disaster Clean-Up
Daily Yonder - Kentucky
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August 19, 2025
This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist, co-published with The Daily Yonder, and made possible thanks to support from the...
Clearing debris after a storm is big business. For some communities, it’s also a burden.
Grist Magazine
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August 19, 2025
This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist, co-published with The Daily Yonder, and made possible thanks to support from the...
VIP Capital Funding Launches 2025 Financing Suite To Empower Agile, Growth-Focused Businesses
MENAFN
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August 19, 2025
(MENAFN- Zex PR Wire) New Lending Programs Designed to Fuel Innovation, Expansion, and Speed in a Fast-Changing Economy Raleigh, NC, 19th August 2025, ZEX PR WIRE , In response to the evolving economic landscape and the pressing need for adaptable...
Trump's tariffs are leaving Black beauty businesses in peril
Yahoo Finance
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By Arriana McLymore, Jayla Whitfield-Anderson and Julio-Cesar Chavez PHILADELPHIA/ SMYRNA, Georgia (Reuters) -Earlier this summer, Dajiah Blackshear-Calloway, 34, started to notice that her regular clients weren't visiting her hair salon as often...
Is Wine At Risk? What The Latest Gallup Poll On Alcohol Consumption Means For The U.S. Wine Industry
Forbes
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Couple on a Date Enjoying Wine getty Statistics from a recent Gallup poll on alcohol consumption in the U.S. are a cause of concern for the U.S. wine community, but how nervous should they be? Even more important, what actions should the industry...
Youngkin promised a ‘rip-roaring economy.’ Did he deliver? Here are the numbers.
Cardinal News - Virginia
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August 19, 2025
When Glenn Youngkin ran for governor in 2021, he promised a “rip-roaring economy,” which is one of the best adjectives ever. So how’s he done? The question seems particularly relevant now that it’s another election year and part of the Republican...
Hurricane Erin prompts mandatory evacuations in North Carolina's Outer Banks
WCTI - North Carolina
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DARE COUNTY, N.C. — As Hurricane Erin approaches, Dare and Hyde Counties have issued a mandatory evacuation for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands on the Outer Banks. Officials are closely monitoring the storm, which is expected to bring up to 20-foot...
Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, expected to stay offshore
The Indian Express
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August 19, 2025
Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and wind on Monday.Evacuations were ordered on...
Hurricane Erin threat prompts evacuations in North Carolina
NBC News
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August 18, 2025
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North Carolina Health Care Opportunities in 2026
JD Supra - California
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August 18, 2025
As part of this year’s efforts, the various planning committees will convene their meetings in September: the Technology and Equipment Committee meets September 3, the Acute Care Services Committee meets September 9, and the Long Term and...