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Southeast braces for Hanna as Ike strengthens (AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather_us"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080904/capt.b492585307ac47689c6139c1e9146fa3.hanna_us_scak104.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=EkSxNHSSf.d85lCvzsXJ4A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Members of the Charleston Fire Department fill sandbags for local residents under I-26 in Charleston, S.C. as they prepare for Tropical Storm Hanna and Hurricane Ike on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Alice Keeney)" border="0" /></a>AP - Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could bring high winds and rain from South Carolina to Maine.</p><br clear="all"/>