8am ET, October 09 | The latest headlines from NPR
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8am ET, October 09 | The latest headlines from NPR

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 9, 20264 min
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5 and 7 feet, and rainfall up to 15 inches in some areas. Local officials have ordered

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This is NPR News Now. The latest headlines every hour. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Cora Vauclman. Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall tonight or early tomorrow on the northern

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Gulf Coast near Alabama or Florida. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports it's currently a Category 2 storm with winds of 110 miles per hour. Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center say this will be a dangerous hurricane

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at landfall, with winds topping 100 miles an hour, life-threatening storm surge between 5 and 7 feet, and rainfall up to 15 inches in some areas. Local officials have ordered evacuations along some Florida panhandle beaches and have opened shelters. Alabama ordered tourists to leave its coast. More than half of the offshore oil and gas production

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