FEMA: Gulf coast braces for Tropical Storm Earl.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-3 September 1998-FEMA: Gulf coast braces for Tropical Storm Earl (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:020998 As Tropical Storm Earl moves towards the Gulf coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is working with state emergency managers and preparing for the storm's landfall.

National Hurricane Center * This morning's early report from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) puts Earl approximately 160 miles south of New Orleans with maximum sustained winds of 50 to 60 mph. The system is drifting northeast at 9 mph. NHC forecasters project Earl's winds may achieve minimal hurricane strength before the center of the storm makes landfall late tonight or early tomorrow morning. NHC's latest tracking model projects landfall near...