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size as hurricane katrina although at this point less powerful. president obama is also keeping a close eye on the storm. he plans to return to washington from his vacation tomorrow ahead of the approach of irene. the president has also declared a state of emergency for north carolina, where irene is expected to come onshore tomorrow. the north carolina coast may look more like a ghost town when the storm does arrive. 150,000 visitors haveeen ordered off the residence. irene could pound the state with 115-mile-per-hour winds and a storm surge of five to ten feet. 5:01 right now. virginia beach, norfolk, ocean city, up into delaware all these mandatory evacuation orders going out right now. this storm is nothing to sneeze at. and locally, more importantly, for many of the residents who live right around washington, the big story is going to be power outages from this storm and maybe toppling trees because the ground is saturated. we may have winds that will be gu ....
properties to be sure they re clear before the storm hits. and people in alexandria can pick up sandbags to keep their home from businesses from flooding. stop by king and lee streets in old town. george washington middle school on mt. vernon avenue. and cora kelly school for science and technology on commonwealth this morning at 11:00. and in d.c. residents can stop by the department of public works on new jersey avenue and k street southeast from noon until midnight today and from 8:00 a.m. until midnight tomorrow. you must bring a picture i.d. showing you live in the district. here s tom kierein to tell us more about hurricane irene. the main thing for our viewers is just prepare for power outages. they will be likely. it does continue to spin away over the coastline, right along the florida coastline. you can see the rain bands have managed to move their way into florida. already some outer rain bands have reached parts of south carolina s coastline. these a ....