As Irene nears coast, residents urged to prepare for the worst

Friday, August 26, 2011 | 10:28 p.m. CDT; updated 1:53 p.m. CDT, Sunday, August 28, 2011

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — Whipping up trouble before ever reaching land, Hurricane Irene zeroed in Friday for a catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard. More than 2 million people were told to move to safer places, and New York City ordered the nation's biggest subway system shut down for the first time because of a natural disaster.

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