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arvey nears Florida
ropical storm builds strength off West Coast
CLEARWATER BEACH, Fla. (AP) — TVopical Storm
‘larvey strengthened yesterday as it headed for Flori-
Ch iB 3 5 west coast ’ direatening to swamp low-lying ar-
t Ulrc: ' eas as beachfront hotels and restaurants packed away
U ' M: firniture.
The strengthening storm is expected to bring high
earned am j nc | s an( j flooding to Florida’s west coast as it hits
aid he;
Ind today. But many residents and visitors were
st oiling and playing on the beach, unconcerned
about forecasts that the winds could approach hurri-
tviceai^ne strength.
cn in;H “’j'lij s 0 ne isn’t really half so bad, is it?” asked
m av '^ Ra V’ w ' lose vacation from England included a
^ ' v,e ' stay in Orlando last week during Hurricane Floyd.
-oldKrM j] iat s torm grazed the state’s east coast as it swept
ILovem om t he Bahamas to New England — causing dozens
d singirm- deaths and massive damage.
| At 5 p.m. EOT, Harvey was centered about 180
■ iswitt’Miles west-southwest of St. Petersburg. It moved er-
1 ^ n tically yesterday afternoon but was expected to head
ihecaiimast-northeast at about 6 mph.
nd lirsi'B Maximum sustained winds increased to near 60
able." Kph, with higher gusts. Tropical storm force winds of
whertmt least 39 mph extended as much as 175 miles.
Iforwcm Forecasters expected Harvey would spin across
Sund; tl e Florida peninsula and stay offshore as it heads
od-soamorth along the U.S. East Coast, sparing places like
it. BartHlorth Carolina.
d whfkB In Florida, a flood watch was posted for much of
beenrmentral, southwest and northeast Florida through
Imuesday, including areas soaked last week by Hurri-
|ane Floyd.
Tropical Storm Harvey
Moving: ENE at 10 mph
Sustained winds: 45 mph
Wind gusts: 60 mph
As of. Monday, 8 a.m. EDT
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Floyd aftermath raises health issues
predic
TARBORO, N.C. (AP) — Rotting livestock carcass-
tbeyei r : L s anc j floating sewage created a mounting public
drains health threat yesterday across eastern North Carolina,
is Cenit: still flooded days after Hurricane Floyd forced tens of
fiat wi>: thousands of people from their homes.
nowtlifB At least 35 people were confirmed dead in North
larolina. The death toll was expected to climb, but of
treatest concern was the health of those who survived.
“There are a large number of different risks out
there right now,” Johanna Reese of the state Division
of Environmental Health said. “The most immediate
one we have is lack of safe drinking water.”
More than 60 people were killed from the Bahamas
into New England when Floyd churned up the East
Coast of the United States. But the aftermath appears
the worst in North Carolina.
Disease has become a growing threat because of
the hundreds of thousands of dead hogs, chickens and
turkeys laying about the state. Drinking water has
been tainted by overflow from sewage plants and an
imal waste lagoons. Floodwaters are fouled by fuel,
farm chemicals and manure.
Contaminated water could cause a host of gas
trointestinal illnesses, and dehydration from severe
vomiting or diarrhea could be fatal in children, the el
derly and people with weakened immune systems,
Reese said.
National Guard helicopters and trucks delivered
clean drinking water to several counties, while crews
in Jones County brought in two industrial-size incin
erators so workers could begin burning hog carcass
es, the stench of which has filled the air.
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