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Hurricane Earl weakens, but Long Island remains on alert
Photo credit: James Carbone | A sign posted at the entrance to Rogers Beach in Westhampton Beach warns swimmers of the the dangerous rip current as the region braces for the effects of Hurricane Earl. (Sept. 2, 2010)
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Twenty-four hours after Earl looked like it had the chance to become the fiercest East Coast hurricane ever recorded, the storm threat is now looking like it was all just hot air.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are now predicting that Earl, which went from a Category 4 hurricane with wind speeds of 145 mph to a Category 2 storm with winds of 105 mph Thursday, will likely be a...
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