Gov. Perdue Declares State of Emergency in North Carolina

NORTH CAROLINA–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011.  Gov. Bev Perdue late Wednesday declared a state of emergency for counties east of Interstate 95 in North Carolina. This morning, the National Weather Service issued a Hurricane Watch for the North Carolina coast from Surf City to the Virginia border. A tropical storm watch is in effect from Surf City to Edisto beach in South Carolina.
 
Perdue has also asked the President to declare a pre-landfall emergency declaration to…