Millions told to take precautions ahead of Hurricane Irene's arrival

Friday, August 26, 2011 | 2:02 p.m. CDT; updated 2:39 p.m. CDT, Sunday, August 28, 2011

NAGS HEAD, N.C. — Hurricane Irene began lashing the East Coast with rain Friday ahead of a weekend of violent weather that was almost certain to heap punishment on a vast stretch of shoreline from the Carolinas to Massachusetts.

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