Tropical Storm Hanna makes landfall along Strand
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By Staff and wire reports | Myrtle Beach Sun-News
Forecasters say the center of Tropical Storm Hanna has hit the tourist beaches near the line between North and South Carolina.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hanna's center came on land about 3:20 a.m. near the state line with top sustained winds dropping to about 60 mph from near 70 mph while the storm was over water.
"All I've heard is wind, wind and more wind,'' said Dylan Oslzewski, 19, working an overnight shift at a convenience store in Shallotte, N.C., about 15 miles north of the state line with South Carolina. Oslzewski said he had only seen four customers compared to 30 or 40 on a normal weekend night.
Carl Morgan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Wilmington, N.C., said some sections of Horry County near the Marion County border received 7 to 8 inches of rain.
Radar estimates indicated that along the coast, Horry County received 2 to 4 inches of rain. North Myrtle Beach received 4.28 inches of rain and an estimated 3 inches fell in Myrtle Beach area, he said.
Residents in Brunswick County (N.C.) received an average of 1 to 2 inches of rain with isolated areas near the Horry County border reaching 3 inches.
The peak winds from the storm reached 53 miles per hour in Horry County with the highest sustained winds reaching 33 mph.
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