Hurricane Earl is still showing signs of danger on the coasts of the United States, and now authorities of North Carolina have forced people from the Ocracoke Island to evacuate. Ocracoke Island is an offshore island in the state of North Carolina and can be accessed only by a ferry. The access for the people from the island has become a great worry.

The authorities have forces evacuation from the island and will pull some 5000 people out of there. The evacuation can be done only by ferry and the evacuation process needs to be done fast, as if the Hurricane Earl comes to close then the evacuation from the island will become impossible.

Hurricane Earl has become a category 3 hurricane but chances cannot be taken, and there is continues monitoring done over Earls storm system to watch its development. The hurricane is moving northwest at the speed of 16 mph.

There is bad news for the people in the US, concerning the raging Hurricane Earl. The Hurricane Earl path is looking straight towards the US coast of North Carolina, and as per the reports it may arrive there by Thursday this week. The storm system has now sustained wind speeds of 135 mph.

At around 03.00 am ET, Hurricane Earl had formed into a Category 4 hurricane, and was placed some 125 miles aways from the Puerto Rico. The National Hurricane Center stated that it is now heading west at the speed of 13 mph. Later in the week, Earl is scheduled to turn northwest, towards the coast of North Carolina.

It is a strong fear for the people in North Carolina as Earl may reach their coast on Thursday and most probably make landfall. Earl could bring almost 8 inches of rain on the northern Leeward Islands, in the Atlantic. It is said that areas with a high elevation could receive rain fall as much as 12 inches or whole feet.