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.

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.

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.

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.

Hashimoto flies by islands in Japan-Russia territorial row

Hashimoto flies by islands in Japan-Russia territorial row

CAPE NOSAPPU, Japan - Photo shows Ryutaro Hashimoto, state minister on issues pertaining to the Northern Territories, taking pictures of the Habomai group of isles, one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that Japan claims, at Cape Nossapu on Feb. 17. He took an aerial observation tour of the islands. Boarding a helicopter at Nakashibetsu airport in eastern Hokkaido, Hashimoto saw them from Japanese airspace.

Hashimoto flies by islands in Japan-Russia territorial row

Hashimoto flies by islands in Japan-Russia territorial row

CAPE NOSAPPU, Japan - Photo shows Ryutaro Hashimoto, state minister on issues pertaining to the Northern Territories, taking pictures of the Habomai group of isles, one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that Japan claims, at Cape Nossapu on Feb. 17. He took an aerial observation tour of the islands. Boarding a helicopter at Nakashibetsu airport in eastern Hokkaido, Hashimoto saw them from Japanese airspace.