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Tropical Storm Andrea zipping up the East Coast
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This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, June 7, 2013 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows expansive cloudiness across much of the eastern seaboard of the United States associated with Tropical Storm Andrea. Heavy rain showers and thunderstorms will move off to the northeast with this storm. Another frontal system over the Mid Atlantic and Ohio Valley into the Lower Mississippi Valley brings rain showers and scattered thunderstorms. - photo by Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — After bringing rains, heavy winds and even tornadoes to parts of Florida, Tropical Storm Andrea moved quickly across south Georgia and was speeding through the Carolinas on Friday morning, promising sloppy commutes and waterlogged vacation getaways through the beginning of the weekend. The first named storm of the Atlantic season lost some intensity after making landfall Thursday in Florida's Big Bend and its winds were down to 45 mph (75 kph) Friday. Ben Nelson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jacksonville, Fla., said Andrea was "moving at a pretty brisk pace" and could lose its tropical characteristics Friday.
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