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Gov. Declares State of Emergency for Maryland
In order to prepare for the hurricane's arrival, Gov. Martin O'Malley declared a state of emergency in Maryland.
Gov. Martin O'Malley has declared a state of emergency in Maryland in order to prepare for Hurricane Irene's arrival this weekend.
Hurricane Irene's scheduled arrival has been pushed to Sunday, instead of late Saturday.
The National Weather Service currently predicts that the center of Irene will approach Maryland on Sunday, with wind gusts between 74 and 110 miles per hour.
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Hurricane Irene is currently off the the southern tip of Florida in the Atlantic Ocean but is expected to travel up the East Coast as far north as New England, bringing with her hurricane force winds, extreme rainfall, significant coastal flooding and a tornado threat, according to The Weather Channel.
Heavy rain could track as far west as western Virginia, western Maryland, central Pennsylvania and central and western New York.
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The flash flood watch continues in Prince George's County through this evening.
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