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Tropical Storm Closing In on the Carolinas  

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — With wary eyes cast at Hurricane Ike farther out at sea, coastal Carolina residents prepared on Friday for gusting winds and torrential rain as Tropical Storm Hanna sped toward them. The storm was expected to make landfall near the North Carolina-South Carolina border early Saturday. . . .

Beach erosion was a major concern here, and farm workers were hustling to harvest tobacco and corn crops before the storm hit.

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