Islanders urged to flee Hurricane Earl
Tourists on a holiday island in North Carolina were ordered to board ferries and head for the mainland yesterday as powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe the US East Coast.
The evacuation of Ocracoke Island started at 5am for about 5,000 visitors.
The 800 or so year-round residents were also urged to join the tourists on the two-and-a -half-hour trip to shore.