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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP)
Posted: 10:51 AM Sep 4, 2008
Last Updated: 10:51 AM Sep 4, 2008

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The Coast Guard says it is flying a plane off the East Coast to alert mariners of Tropical Storm Hanna.

Officials with the Fifth Coast Guard District in Portsmouth say a C-130 crew from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, is departing at noon Thursday to conduct a storm overflight.

The crew will fly 200 miles off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina alerting boaters of the storm. It will use radio signals to make an urgent broadcast every 15 minutes with information about the storm, its path and precautions to take.

The Coast Guard says crews typically stay out between two and four hours.

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