Hurricane Earl weakens as it heads for US East Coast

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Areas along the US East Coast have declared states of emergency as Hurricane Earl churns towards the region.

It has been downgraded to a category two storm but is still packing sustained winds of up to 175km an hour.

Andy Gallacher reports.

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