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US: Hurricane Erin Brings Storm Surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks 3

Hurricane Erin is bringing storm surge to North Carolina's Outer Banks while moving through the Atlantic, prompting mandatory evacuations for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.

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US: Hurricane Erin Brings Storm Surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks 4

Hurricane Erin is bringing storm surge to North Carolina's Outer Banks while moving through the Atlantic, prompting mandatory evacuations for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.

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US: Hurricane Erin Brings Storm Surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Hurricane Erin is bringing storm surge to North Carolina's Outer Banks while moving through the Atlantic, prompting mandatory evacuations for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.

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US: Hurricane Erin Brings Storm Surge to North Carolina’s Outer Banks 2

Hurricane Erin is bringing storm surge to North Carolina's Outer Banks while moving through the Atlantic, prompting mandatory evacuations for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands.

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Common seals in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Tourists visit Cape Erimo in Hokkaido on July 7, 2013. Common seals can be often seen on a reef zone (R back).

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Common seals in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Fishermen pull in a net in the Pacific Ocean about 1.5 kilometers off Cape Erimo in Hokkaido on Aug. 28, 2013, after the season for catching autumn salmon with fixed nets began.

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Common seals in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows salmon caught at a port in Cape Erimo in Hokkaido on Aug. 28, 2013. Some of the fish have bites apparently made by common seals.

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Common seals in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows common seals on a reef zone on the tip of Cape Erimo in Hokkaido on July 8, 2013.

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Common seals in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows common seals in the sea near a reef zone on the tip of Cape Erimo in Hokkaido on July 8, 2013.

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Common seals in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows common seals on a reef zone on the tip of Cape Erimo in Hokkaido on July 8, 2013.

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Huge kite debuts in Hokkaido festival

SAMANI, Japan - A huge kite is pulled up April 27 in a big kite festival in Samani, near Cape Erimo on southern Hokkaido. The 250-kilogram kite was made by local kite enthusiasts in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the municipality of Samani.

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Japan downgrades harbor seals to "near-threatened" rank on Red List

File photo taken in July 2013 at the tip of Cape Erimo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, shows harbor seals, whose Red List rank was downgraded by the Environment Ministry on Sept. 15, 2015, by a notch from "endangered" status to the rank of "near-threatened" species due to a growing population that has caused damage to local fishing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Huge kite debuts in Hokkaido festival

SAMANI, Japan - A huge kite is pulled up April 27 in a big kite festival in Samani, near Cape Erimo on southern Hokkaido. The 250-kilogram kite was made by local kite enthusiasts in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the municipality of Samani.