A hurricane watch was issued for the Carolina coast Thursday as Tropical Storm Ernesto gained strength over the Atlantic. The watch, stretching from South Carolina's Santee River to Cape Lookout in North Carolina, means hurricane conditions, with sustained winds of at least 74 mph, are possible within 12 hours. For residents who have long weathered hurricanes in this vulnerable region, Ernesto's wind was of less concern than the threat of flooding from its heavy rain arriving on the heels of a storm system that had been drenching North Carolina for more than a day. "We need some rain around here just not all at once," said Jean Evans, a convenience store worker along North Carolina's Holden Beach, part of the lengthy strip of coastline under the National Weather Center's tropical storm warning....
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