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Aug 25, 2011 at 6:39 PM EDT
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Aug 25, 2011 at 6:39 PM EDT
Government leaders along another part of North Carolina's coast are telling visitors and some island residents to leave before Hurricane Irene gets too close.
BEAUFORT, N.C. (AP) - Government leaders along another part of North Carolina's coast are telling visitors and some island residents to leave before Hurricane Irene gets too close.
Carteret County officials ordered a mandatory evacuation for all visitors and non-residents starting at 1 p.m. Thursday.
Residents of the Bogue Banks - a barrier island that includes Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle and other beach communities - are supposed to leave starting Friday at 6 a.m.
County leaders also suggest people living in low-lying areas and living in mobile homes to leave, too.
Four shelters are being set up at county schools, which will be closed Friday.
Carteret County is south of Dare County, where most of the Outer Banks are located.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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